The results of 6 national roundtable discussions organized in 2008 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Turkey and Ukraine as well as a regional conference in Turkey in December 2008 are reflected in the policy note published by UNDP Office in Bratislava - Enhancing womenâs politi......
The World Bankhas issued its 2009 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness. The report presents the World Bankâs record of performance in achieving outcomes from its projects and country programs and focuses on the Bank's contributions in supporting environmental sustainability. Visit the website ......
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has released a new concept note, Helping Haiti rebuild its AIDS response (pdf), examining the effects of the 12 January earthquake on AIDS response. The note describes current situation in Haiti and explains what will be required going forward ......
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released Measuring the Information Society 2010 (click here for a pdf of the executive summary). The report shows prices for information and communication technology (ICT) services are falling, but broadband internet is still out of reach for many ......
A new report on e-waste has been released the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, Recycling - From E-waste to Resources, (pdf), indicates that "unless action is stepped up to properly collect and recycle materials, many developing countries face the spectre of hazardous e-waste ......
UN Development Programme Office in India launched the first ever municipal Human Development Report. The report - Mumbai Human Development Report 2009 (full-text, pdf, 7.18 MB) - covers population trends, economy, slums, elementary education, health, gender issues, quality of life in Mumbai in 2009.......
Economie des soins aux enfants en Haïti: prestataires, ménages et parenté (The Economy of Child Care in Haiti) was launched in UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (full text in French, pdf, 499 KB). According to the report, only 2% of Haitian children under five years......
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has introduced two new databases:
Haiti Food Security Emergency Tool. For more information on what this database contains, see the news release.
Gender and Land Rights Database. For more information on what this database contain......
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued Afghanistan Opium Survey 2010: winter rapid assessment (full-text, pdf 3.47 MB). According to the report, "the cultivation of opium in Afghanistan is likely to remain stable in 2010 but the number of poppy-free provinces may decrease" from 20 to 17. Howev......
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued Afghanistan Opium Survey 2010: winter rapid assessment (full-text, pdf 3.47 MB). According to the report, "the cultivation of opium in Afghanistan is likely to remain stable in 2010 but the number of poppy-free provinces may decrease" from 20 to 17. Howev......
Wolrd Bank's 2009 annual report has been issued. It covers the period from 1 July 2008 - to 30 June
2009. The report can be downloaded in pdf format (full-text, 7.08 MB) or be viewed as a widget.......
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has issued the Trade and Environment Review 2009/2010 ).
This report focuses on the 140 plus low-income and least developed countries, which have not caused the economic, financial, climate and food crises. According to this rep......
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued a report addressing the challenges posed by the global economic crisis. The report provides an analysis of the global financial crisis, highlighting the effects and means of addressing the issue.......
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enterprise Development Polices and Capacity-building in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) crisis report. This report provides the outcome of the second Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enterpr......
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has issued the Trade and Environment Review 2009/2010 ).
This report is focuses on the 140 plus low-income and least developed countries, which have not caused the economic, financial, climate and food crises. According to this ......
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) published Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009. The report is only available online in both English and Spanish and can be downloaded from the ECLAC web site. The report focuses on
Demographic and socia......
UN Development Programme in Europe and CIS published Cyprus human development report 2009 Youth in Cyprus: aspirations, lifestyles & empowerment (full text, 3.68 MB) largely based on results of an island-wide youth survey. It examines perceptions of both Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot youth of fa......
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released the 2010 edition of the Education For All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report.
Entitled Reaching the Marginalized, the report argues that the crisis could impede access to education of generations of children. It ......
The 48th session of the Commission on Social Development opens today in New York. The priority theme of the session is Social Integration and meetings will be held from 3-12 February 2010. Information about the session, including side events and relevant documents can be accessed through the sess......
UN Development Programme in Europe and CIS published Cyprus human development report 2009 Youth in Cyprus: aspirations, lifestyles & empowerment (full text, 3.68 MB) is largely based on results of an island-wide youth survey. It examines perceptions of both Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot youth of......
With the theme, Rethinking Poverty, the 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication. It affirms the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market fundamentalist thinking, policies and practices of recent decades toward......
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has released Global Employment Trends, January 2010. This report indicates that unemployment reached the highest level on record in 2009 (news release).......
UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published Capacity for Water Cooperation
in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (pdf, 458 KB). "The Capacity for Water Cooperation (CWC) project aims to strengthen the capacity of
transboundary water management in countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasu......
Bosnia and Herzegovina's national human development report 2009 The ties that bind: social capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina examines the relationship between social capital, social inclusion and human development in the country. The report is available in Bosnian (pdf, 6.3 MB) and English (pdf, 5.9......
The United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) has released two new working papers examining approaches to and returns from research and development (R&D):
Is there complementarity or substitutability between in......
The World Bank report on Global Economic Prospects 2010 warns that while the worst of the financial crisis may be over, the global recovery is fragile. It predicts that the fallout from the crisis will change the landscape for finance and growth over the next 10 years. According to the report, the g......
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released its 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report: Reaching the Marginalized. The report examines education systems in the world's poorest countries, and the possible consequences they will suffer because of......
The President of the Economic and Social Council has launched the new updated version of the ECOSOC website.
The website has been redesigned with a view to make it more engaging and visually attractive and also to transform it into an important information tool for Member States and other stakeho......
Joint publication by UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) The importance of Chinaâs forest products markets to the UNECE region - ECE/TIM/DP/57 - (pdf, 825 KB) released in Geneva claims that "China has emerged as the worldâs second largest exporter an......
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has released a new working paper, Poverty reduction in China and India: Policy implications of recent trends (pdf). The paper studies the experience of poverty reduction in China and India, examining the nature of economic growth be......