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Sectoral energy demand in India
(United Nations, 1991-08)
<p>This study has been conducted by the Energy Policy Division of the Planning Commission, Government of India, for Regional Energy Development Programme (REDP/Phase Ill/ Sub Activity P-1. 1) implemented by the United ...
Economic reforms and rural poverty alleviation : an enquiry into the Asian experience
(United Nations, 1998)
<p>The impacts of economic reforms on rural poverty are still not adequately known. While the developing countries of the region have embarked on the reforms path to increase economic growth rates and integrate national ...
Economic assessment of selected resource management techniques in marginal upland agriculture : integrated report and proceedings of a workshop held in Seoul, Korea, May 20-22, 1998
(CGPRT Centre, 1998)
<p>Recognizing the importance of sustainable development in upland agriculture, the CGPRT Centre implemented sustainability-related projects since 1993. The Centre completed a project “Sustainable Upland Agriculture ...
Trends, patterns, and implications of rural-urban migration in India, Nepal, and Thailand
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), at its forty-seventh session, in 1991, observed that “migration from rural to urban areas continued at a rapid pace in many countries of the ...
Levels and trends of fertility and their determinants for small geographic areas in the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1997)
<p>Studies the dynamic of fertility change and its differentials in the light of changing socio-economic factors in nine participating countries. Participating countries analyse fertility correlates by carrying out ...
Tourism development in the Asian region : report of the Symposium on Tourism Promotion in the Asian Region 12-15 November 1990 Hangzhou, China
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>The Symposium on Tourism Promotion in the Asian Region was organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) at Hangzhou, China, from 12 to 15 November 1990 in collaboration with the China ...
Promotion of intraregional trade and economic cooperation in the automotive sector
(United Nations, 2002)
<p>This report examines the potential of cross-border ventures in Asia in motor vehicle industry: motorcycles, cars, trucks and buses and their components. The production chain and the issues of technology and technology ...
Ageing in Asia and the Pacific : emerging issues and successful practices
(United Nations, 2002)
<p>Much of the Asian and Pacific region is inexorably and rapidly becoming older, along with the rest of the world. What is popularly known as the “greying” or ageing of populations is changing the face of the ...
Violence against women in South Asia
(United Nations, 2000)
This final Reports of an Expert Group Meeting presents an overview of the situation of the violence against women in South Asia countries: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It Reportss the major ...
The ground beneath our feet : a factor in urban planning
(United Nations, 2003)
This volume is the last in the ESCAP publication series entitled Atlas of Urban Geology, a series of fourteen volumes on the application of geology to urban planning. This volume reviews the status of urban geology up to ...