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Financing for Overcoming Economic Insecurity
United Nations
UNITED NATIONS
July 2014 9789211303254 140pp $40.00
United Nations
The World Youth Report 2013 focuses on the topic of youth and migration. It delivers a synopsis of the basic facts on youth migration and development discussing who is migrating, where they are coming from, where they are going to and why. The report looks at the entire process involved in migration including the planning and preparations and the drivers behind the decisions that young people make. It examines the impact migration has on young people – those on the move as well as those who have been left behind - their experiences in transit and the lives of migrants in their destination countries and the challenges they face. First-hand experiences of youth are woven into the report, adding another dimension to the material covered.
July 2014 9781849665346 256pp $38.00
July 2014 9789212211190 228pp $35.00
The 2013 edition of this publication presents official measurements for the analysis of income poverty and seeks fresh approaches to poverty and well-being, placing special emphasis on multidimensional approaches. These approaches are exploratory and therefore not comprehensive. They have nevertheless been tackled in this year’s edition of Social Panorama because one thing is certain: the need is emerging in social policy design, in the evaluation of social development and in new demands of society for a more nuanced analysis of social progress and lags to underpin more integrated public policy design in the region.
The focus of this publication is on technological innovation for social development, with a particular focus on ageing, civil society, disability, poverty, indigenous, social protection, social entrepreneurship and youth employment. It offers a fair perspective on the role of innovation and technology in promoting social development and its impact on social groups. Governments, civil society, academic institutions and the private sector need to raise awareness and promote good practices in this emerging area. This publication is organized in eight chapters that present how innovation and technology can be utilized to promote social development. The overview chapter highlights in a holistic way why innovation and technology are becoming drivers for social change and how they can empower people, especially social groups.
July 2014 9789211303230 172pp $20.00
Human Development Report 2014: Sustaining Human Progress - Reducing Vulnerability and Building Resilience
United Nations
The 2013 edition of this publication reviews the main features of a persistently weak global economy and world trade and then turns to global and regional trade trends and prospects. The publication considers the main changes in the organization of production and global trade associated with international production networks, which are at the heart of current megaregional negotiations. It looks at how the the region’s countries are positioned in international production networks and value chains. It analyzes the main factors underpinning participation in production networks and value chains, as well as the implications they have for integration.
July 2014 9789211218398 92pp $20.00
This publication highlights a regional slowdown in GDP growth. It argues that the currency depreciation seen in several countries in the region could, if sustained, increase incentives for investment in tradeable sectors other than the region’s traditional exports (commodities), while redirecting expenditure to ease pressure on the current account. Growth-supporting industrial, trade, environmental, social and labour policies that take into account the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, could help lessen the region’s structural heterogeneity. Growth combined with greater equality would thus gain economic and social sustainability, with greater reliance from investment and exports than before. It is argued that this combination would be aided by social covenants for investment.
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This report aims to revive the project of Arab integration conferring a new dimension to the concept of integration to include all aspects of social structure and civilization. It also calls for expanding economic integration beyond the narrow scope of trade liberalization to laying out the foundations for production and diversification. It argues for building knowledge-based economies through cooperation in the development of integrated human, technological and productive capacities in the Arab region. Using the best available scientific methods, this report presents standard quantitative estimates of the consequences of keeping current modalities of integration, which are limited to trade liberalization and the establishment of an Arab customs union.
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2012-2013
Spring Summer 2014
United Nations
Innovation and Technology for Social Development
United Nations
July 2014 9789212211169 122pp $28.00
Social Panorama of Latin America 2013
United Nations
Despite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. True for both developing and developed countries, this increase of economic insecurity is harmful for human welfare for several reasons. Job and income insecurity directly affect the material and psychological well-being of people. Economic volatility and high uncertainty also tend to exert negative influence on productive investment, thereby hurting long-term development. This book sheds light on the causes of economic insecurity and how better functioning financial systems, more effective macroeconomic policies and extended micro-financing schemes could mitigate the degree of economic insecurity and overcome many of its negative consequences.
Arab Integration Report
July 2014 9789211283655 250pp $50.00
Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013
United Nations Development Programme Over the last decades, most countries have improved levels of human development. But progress maybe slowing as uncertainty intensifies globally. This report examines vulnerabilities that endanger human development, focusing especially on the poorest. Most threats are structural and persistent and linked with life cycle vulnerabilities. Identifying policy measures to reduce threats and increase human resilience is therefore a high priority. The report sets out synergistic proposals including universal public provisioning of basic services over the life cycle to maintain and strengthen human capabilities, full employment and social protection policies. It highlights collective action and international cooperation to address global vulnerabilities and ensure sustainable progress.
July 2014 9789211263688 216pp $36.00
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