Search results for ‘United Nations: Department for Economic of Social Affairs’

Filter & Refine

      Cover image for Technology and innovation for sustainable development
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Technology and innovation for sustainable development

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This book argues that continuous growth along present development pathways is not possible without imposing irreversible damage to the natural resource base that supports current production and consumption patterns. The…

      $140.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force report 2012: the global partnership for development, making rhetoric a reality
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force report 2012: the global partnership for development, making rhetoric a reality

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs,United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This volume follows the progress on official development assistance, market access, debt sustainability, access to essential medicines and new technologies as prescribed by the Millennium Development Goal 8. Close attention…

      $54.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Inter-agency task force on financing for development inaugural report 2016: monitoring commitments and actions- Addis Ababa Action Agenda
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Inter-agency task force on financing for development inaugural report 2016: monitoring commitments and actions- Addis Ababa Action Agenda

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Lays out the commitments contained in the Addis Agenda in a systematic manner, and presents options for monitoring these commitments. The report primarily targets member states, particularly policymakers from ministries…

      $147.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Eleventh United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names: New York, 8-17 August 2017
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Eleventh United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names: New York, 8-17 August 2017

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      The United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names (UNCSGN) is held every five years, and UNGEGN meets between the Conferences to follow up the implementation of resolutions adopted…

      $54.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for The sustainable development goals report 2018
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      The sustainable development goals report 2018

      United Nations: Department for Economic of Social Affairs

      Provides an overview of progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This third edition of the annual report contains an in-depth review of the six goals related to the…

      $91.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for The sustainable development goals report 2019
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      The sustainable development goals report 2019

      United Nations: Department of Economic of Social Affairs

      Presents how far we have come towards reaching the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This fourth edition of the annual report uses the latest available data and inputs from custodian…

      $91.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development 2020: financing for sustainable development report
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development 2020: financing for sustainable development report

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Assesses progress in implementing the commitments and actions in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. This 2020 edition puts an emphasis on digital technologies, and their potential to accelerate progress in…

      $184.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for The sustainable development goals report 2020
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      The sustainable development goals report 2020

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This year marks the start of the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is a critical period to advance a shared vision and accelerate…

      $91.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for The sustainable development goals report 2021
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      The sustainable development goals report 2021

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Provides an overview of the world’s implementation efforts to date, highlighting areas of progress and areas where more action needs to be taken to ensure no one is left behind…

      $91.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Handbook on the least developed country category: inclusion, graduation and special support measures
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Handbook on the least developed country category: inclusion, graduation and special support measures

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs,United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This revised edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category builds upon and updates information made available in a previous edition released in October 2015. It further makes…

      $91.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Sustainable development outlook 2020: achieving SDGs in the wake of COVID-19, scenarios for policymakers
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Sustainable development outlook 2020: achieving SDGs in the wake of COVID-19, scenarios for policymakers

      United Nations : Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      While the impact of COVID-19 for many prosperity-related SDGs was negative, its impact for many planet-related SDGs has been positive: greenhouse gas emissions declined; air and water quality improved; and…

      $165.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Shaping the trends of our time: report of the UN Economist Network for the UN 75th anniversary
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Shaping the trends of our time: report of the UN Economist Network for the UN 75th anniversary

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Analyses how five megatrends (climate change, emerging and frontier technologies, demographic trends, inequalities, and urbanization) and their drivers, individually and in combination, transform societies and affect the ability of countries…

      $165.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Compendium of digital government initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: 2020
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Compendium of digital government initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: 2020

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Captures trends in digital responses of UN Member States to the COVID-19 pandemic and provides a preliminary analysis of the main features of such responses. The publication demonstrates how governments…

      $165.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Handbook on the least developed country category: inclusion, graduation and special support measures
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Handbook on the least developed country category: inclusion, graduation and special support measures

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs,United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Responds to the need to make the methods and approaches used in the identification of LDCs, and the international support measures available to them, known to a wide range of…

      $110.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World economic and social survey: in search of new development finance 2012
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World economic and social survey: in search of new development finance 2012

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) is a yearly publication that provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact…

      $147.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World economic situation and prospects 2014
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World economic situation and prospects 2014

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the UN, it is jointly…

      $154.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World economic and social survey 2016: climate change resilience, an opportunity for reducing inequalities
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World economic and social survey 2016: climate change resilience, an opportunity for reducing inequalities

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This edition of the World Economic and Social Survey contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

      $184.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Good practices and innovations in public governance: United Nations public service awards winners and finalists 2012-2013
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Good practices and innovations in public governance: United Nations public service awards winners and finalists 2012-2013

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This publication provides an overview of 91 successful innovations in governance and public administration from 38 countries that received the United Nations Public Service Awards, which is the most prestigious…

      $165.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Internet governance for sustainable human, economic and social development
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Internet governance for sustainable human, economic and social development

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Each year the IGF Secretariat produces a book to provide a concise yet comprehensive summary of the proceedings that take place at the annual global IGF gatherings. Included in this…

      $140.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for United Nations e-Government survey 2014: e-Government for the future we want
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      United Nations e-Government survey 2014: e-Government for the future we want

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs,United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Assesses the e-government readiness of the 193 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment…

      $165.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Compendium of innovative e-government practices: Vol. 5
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Compendium of innovative e-government practices: Vol. 5

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      As information and communication technologies (ICTs) are dramatically changing the lives of people around the world, governments must come to grips with finding solutions that will increase public value to…

      $184.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for United Nations e-Government survey 2016: e-Government in support of sustainable development
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      United Nations e-Government survey 2016: e-Government in support of sustainable development

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Now in its ninth edition, this survey provides an analysis of emerging public administration trends and issues, and of how e-government can support the realization of the internationally agreed development…

      $221.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Compendium of innovative practices in public governance and administration for sustainable development
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Compendium of innovative practices in public governance and administration for sustainable development

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Explores three shifts in government-society interactions that have had significant impact on public administration and public service. These are the demand for more people-centred governance; greater use of ICT technologies…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World public sector report 2018: working together - integration, institutions and the sustainable development goals
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World public sector report 2018: working together - integration, institutions and the sustainable development goals

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Examines how the public sector can foster integrated approaches to implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report examines challenges and opportunities for integrated approaches, and…

      $184.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World public sector report 2019: sustainable development Goal 16, focus on public institutions
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World public sector report 2019: sustainable development Goal 16, focus on public institutions

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Examines national-level developments in relation to several concepts highlighted in the targets of SDG 16, which are viewed as institutional principles: access to information, transparency, accountability, anti-corruption, inclusiveness of decision-making…

      $221.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for The twin challenges of reducing poverty and creating employment
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      The twin challenges of reducing poverty and creating employment

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This publication is based on papers presented at two Expert Group Meetings (jointly organized by DSPD and the ILO) that brought together specialists to undertake a review of progress in…

      $177.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for State of the world's indigenous peoples: indigenous peoples' access to health services
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      State of the world’s indigenous peoples: indigenous peoples’ access to health services

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Examines the major challenges for indigenous peoples to obtain adequate access to and utilization of quality health care services. The report provides an important background to many of the health…

      $147.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World youth report 2016: youth civic engagement
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World youth report 2016: youth civic engagement

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      This is the flagship publication on youth issues of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. This 2015 edition provides fresh perspective and innovative ideas…

      $147.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Report on the world social situation 2018: promoting inclusion through social protection
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Report on the world social situation 2018: promoting inclusion through social protection

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection measures. An overall assessment…

      $147.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration: a concise report
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration: a concise report

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Reviews the current status of demographic evidence and its capacity to support monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. The report focuses on the core systems generating demographic data and describes…

      $66.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Disability and development report: realizing the sustainable development goals by, for and with persons with disabilities
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Disability and development report: realizing the sustainable development goals by, for and with persons with disabilities

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Examines new areas, like the role of access to energy to enable persons with disabilities to use assistive technology, for which no global research was previously available. The report also…

      $350.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World social report 2020: inequality in a rapidly changing world
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World social report 2020: inequality in a rapidly changing world

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends), with a focus on technological change, climate change, urbanization and international migration. The analysis pays particular attention to…

      $184.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Global sustainable development report 2019: the future is now, science for achieving sustainable development
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Global sustainable development report 2019: the future is now, science for achieving sustainable development

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Uses the latest scientific assessments, evidence bases about good practices, and scenarios that link future trajectories to current actions to identify calls to action by a range of stakeholders that…

      $221.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World youth report: Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World youth report: Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Highlights how youth social entrepreneurship can support young people’s employment and development while helping to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs. The report presents social entrepreneurship and anchors it in…

      $202.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for State of the world's indigenous peoples: rights to lands, territories and resources
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      State of the world’s indigenous peoples: rights to lands, territories and resources

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Offers a wide-ranging perspective on indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources, examining legislation and agreements at the national and international level, identifying successful practices and continued obstacles, and…

      $147.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World social report 2021: reconsidering rural development
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World social report 2021: reconsidering rural development

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Focuses on new directions in which rural development strategies need to be reconsidered. The report offers certain strategic principles, programmes of action, and a set of concrete policies that can…

      $184.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for The global forest goals report 2021: realizing the importance of forests in a changing world
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      The global forest goals report 2021: realizing the importance of forests in a changing world

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Presents an overview of progress towards achieving the Global Forest Goals and associated targets of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests. The publication provides a summary of actions taken and…

      $184.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World demographic trends 2018
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World demographic trends 2018

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Provides an overview of demographic trends for the world, its geographic regions and selected countries, and for various development and income groups. The report focuses on major demographic changes during…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World fertility and family planning 2020: highlights
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World fertility and family planning 2020: highlights

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Presents key findings and messages regarding the relationship between contraceptive use and fertility, for 195 countries or areas of the world. These highlights will draw mainly from World Population Prospects…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Contraceptive use by method 2019: data booklet
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Contraceptive use by method 2019: data booklet

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Highlights estimates of the prevalence of individual contraceptive methods based on the World Contraceptive Use 2019 (which draws from 1,247 surveys for 195 countries or areas of the world) and…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World mortality 2019: data booklet
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World mortality 2019: data booklet

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Presents key mortality indicators at the national, regional, and global level from 1950 to 2030. The booklet highlights variations among countries in a number of mortality indicators: annual deaths; crude…

      $54.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World mortality report: 2017 highlights
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World mortality report: 2017 highlights

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Presents the levels and trends in mortality from 1970 to 2015. This publication highlights variations among countries in a number of mortality indicators: annual deaths; crude death rates; life expectancy…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for World mortality report 2019
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      World mortality report 2019

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Assesses changes in mortality risks at the global, regional and country levels, focusing on the initial implementation period of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for International migration report 2019: highlights
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      International migration report 2019: highlights

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Analyses global and regional levels and trends in international migration, based on the latest estimates of international migrant stock, and investigates the contribution of migration to demographic change. The report…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for International migration report 2019
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      International migration report 2019

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Analyses global and regional levels and trends in international migration, based on the latest estimates of international migrant stock, and investigates the contribution of migration to demographic change. The report…

      $73.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda: a concise report
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda: a concise report

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Reviews the current status of demographic evidence and its capacity to support monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. This report focuses on the core systems generating demographic data and describes…

      $54.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for International migration policies: data booklet
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      International migration policies: data booklet

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Highlights current policies on immigration and emigration for 197 countries of the world, drawing on data published in World Population Policies Database. This report also describes governmental views and policy…

      $66.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Reproductive health policies 2017: data booklet
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Reproductive health policies 2017: data booklet

      United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

      Provides up-to-date information on government policies on reproductive health issues, including access to family planning, policies to promote sexual and reproductive health of adolescents, laws on abortion and programmes to…

      $66.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order