Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013
The Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013 analyses the policies required to improve the perspectives of sustainable regional growth. It reviews the links between economic growth and investment and employment, as well as the fiscal and monetary policies, industrial, trade and social policies relevant for short and long-term growth. Special attention is given to regional key issues such as its structural heterogeneity, its high levels of inequality and the challenges of environmental sustainability. Additionally, the region’s economic evolution during the first semester of 2013 is analyzed in this survey. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: November 2013 ISBN: 9789211218336 Pages: 140 Price: $50.00
The Least Developed Countries Report 2013: Growth with Employment for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
UN estimates show that Least Developed Countries (LDCs) population will grow rapidly to 1,500 million by 2040 from today’s 880 million, and the labour force will almost double. Approximately 130 million people in LDCs will be entering the labour force until 2020, which makes creating employment opportunities a real challenge. The report aims to raise awareness and galvanize the attention of policy makers to the magnitude of the problem. It also reviews and analyses recent labour market performance of the LDCs, compares it with the future needs in relation to job creation, and elaborates concrete policy recommendations for growth with employment. Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Publication Date: November 2013 ISBN: 9789211128642 Pages: 150 Price: $50.00
Global Sustainable Development Report 2013
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This report aims to contribute to strengthening the global science-policy interface, in order to support science-based decision making. The report provides the first-ever comprehensive mapping of assessments for sustainable development. It assesses global progress towards sustainable development in all its dimensions, discusses future pathways towards sustainable development, offers options and means to achieve them and ways to better monitor and measure progress in the future. The benefits of integrated decision-making are illustrated with national case studies of the climate-landenergy-water-development nexus. The report is expected to provide a firm scientific basis for the intergovernmental deliberations at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in September 2013. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2013 ISBN: 9789211046885 Pages: 200 Price: $32.00
Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development, taking as reference the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their achievement by 2015. These strategies are analysed in the context of broader concerns of economic development with special reference to nine countries from Africa, Asia and the Middle East; that is, how to make macroeconomic policies support more effectively sustained growth while reducing widespread poverty and inequalities and other human development gaps in low- and middle-income countries, especially in times of global economic crises or external shocks. In this sense, this book adds new evidence regarding the social deficits in these countries and suggests policy options to overcome them. Publisher:United Nations/Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: July 2013 ISBN: 9781780932200 Pages: 350 Price: $38.00
Economic Development in Africa Report 2013: Boosting intra-African Trade - What Role for the African Private Sector?
This report argues that for African countries to reap developmental gains from intra-African trade and regional integration, they need to place the building of productive capacities and domestic entrepreneurship at the heart of the policy agenda for boosting intra-regional trade. It also analyzes the range of strategies and complementary policies that will be needed, besides trade policies, to ensure that regional integration enhances African enterprise development and economic development in general. It explores, among others, the role of national and regional industrial policy and the scope for developing regional development corridors. Lessons are drawn from other developmental regional experiences. Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Publication Date: July 2013 ISBN: 9789211128666 Pages: 115 Price: $25.00
World Economic and Social Survey 2013: Post-2015 Strategies for Development and Progress
The 2015 deadline to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. There has been significant progress, but it is uneven. Meanwhile the context within which development goals are pursued has become much more challenging, visible in the recent food, fuel and financial crises. Environmental degradation, demographic changes and persistent inequalities further threaten progress. The WESS 2013 discusses new directions and policies at the national and international level to achieve transformative change and sustainable development post-2015. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2013 ISBN: 9789211091670 Pages: 200 Price: $45.00
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2013
This document provides a review of the region’s performance in 2012 and its outlook in 2013 as it recovers from the global economic crisis and assesses the region’s policy response to remaining and emerging vulnerabilities. Areas of economic and social policy analysed include growth, inflation, trade and investment, financial markets, employment, migration and remittances. Key challenges ahead are addressed and policy responses recommended for countries in order to sustain their development. The document also addresses a thematic issue, discussing the current approach of macroeconomic policy making and critically assessing whether it has served development adequately. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2013 ISBN: 9789211206555 Pages: 230 Price: $85.00
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