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Treaty Handbook Revised and updated, this handbook by the Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs is intended as a contribution to UN efforts to assist States in becoming parties to the international treaty framework. It is written in simple language and, with the aid of diagrams and step-by-step instructions, touches upon many aspects of treaty law and practice. This handbook is designed for use by States, international organizations and other relevant entities. In particular, it is intended to provide some degree of assistance to States that may have scarce resources and limited technical proficiency in treaty law and practice to participate fully in the multilateral treaty framework. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2012 ISBN: 9789211337181 Pages: 80 Price: $17.00
Technology and Citizen Participation in the Construction of Democracy This book addresses the electoral actors and people interested in the study of the value technologies and their impact in democracies. It aims to address both the benefits and limitations of information and communication technologies (ICT’s) on electoral projects as well as on citizen participation. The book is based on the study of specific cases and also relies on the input from different professional perspectives such as electoral authorities, UNDP officials, academics, representatives of civil society and electoral experts. Publisher: United Nations Development Programme Publication Date: September 2012 ISBN: 9789211263367 Pages: 192 Price: $20.00
Regional Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment This regional assessment is focused on transnational organized crime issues (including drug trafficking), linkages with development, governance and security in East Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, and West Africa. This publication provides a picture of contraband flows, criminal markets with political, social and economic impacts on those regions. It refocuses strategic dialogue on emerging transnational organized crime threats, and provides recommendations. Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Price: TBD East Africa Publication Date: January 2013 ISBN: 9789211303179 Pages: 150 West Africa Publication Date: October 2012 ISBN: 9789211303131 Pages: 100 East Asia and the Pacific Publication Date: October 2012 ISBN: 9789211303148 Pages: 300 Central America and the Caribbean Publication Date: October 2012 ISBN: 9789211303162 Pages: 150
Intellectual Property Commercialization: Policy Options and Practical Instruments Innovation is the key driver of economic growth and development. A well-balanced, affordable and reliable system of intellectual property rights is needed to protect the — often large and highly risky — investments of innovative and creative companies against potential imitators and thereby provide key incentives to undertake such investments in the first place. Countries with economies in transition face particular challenges to integrate into global production networks and to find their own niche in the increasingly global value chains. This book discusses intellectual property management and focuses on the challenges that research organizations and small/medium enterprises face in using the intellectual property system, particularly in transition countries, and on the policy options available to support them. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2012 ISBN: 9789211170535 Pages: 126 Price: $22.00
UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law, Part Three: Treatment of Enterprise Groups in Insolvency Adopted in 2010, this text is designed to provide timely guidance to States on how to develop and improve the administration of the insolvency of enterprise groups, both domestically and in the cross-border context. It recognizes that the business of corporations is increasingly conducted, both domestically and internationally, through enterprise groups, which are an important feature of the global economy and significant to international trade and commerce. Few States recognize enterprise groups as distinct legal entities or have a comprehensive regime for their treatment in insolvency, notes UNCITRAL. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2012 ISBN: 9789211338034 Pages: 120 Price: $25.00
Is Good Governance Good for Development? Whilst good governance is a worthy goal by itself, this book argues that it is not a prerequisite for economic growth or development. Challenging the conventional good governance paradigm favoured by the donor community, this book exposes the methodological shortcomings of the commonly-used governance indicators developed within the World Bank. It argues that aggregate good governance indicators are less helpful for identifying governance failure in specific areas needing policy interventions. Bringing together contributions from leading political scientists, political economists and development practitioners, this is the first book that focuses on such good governance issues, and provides a critical perspective. Publisher: United Nations/Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: August 2012 ISBN: 9781780932224 Pages: 160 Price: $38.00
Retooling Global Economic Governance This publication provides a new set of ideas on overcoming the deficiencies in the process of globalization and existing mechanisms for global economic governance. It calls for strengthening government capacities for formulating and implementing national development strategies; ensuring that official development assistance is aligned with national priorities; strengthening international trade and financial systems so that countries can successfully integrate into the global economy; and creating new mechanisms for dealing with deficiencies. The authors aim at presenting ideas that could become the basis for a new, “toolbox” designed to guide development policies and international cooperation. Publisher: United Nations / Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: August 2012 ISBN: 9781780932316 Pages: 256 Price: $38.00
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