Author: United Natio
Publisher: United Natio
Keywords: procurement
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2007-12-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9211204682
ISBN-13: 9789211204681
In recent years the countries of the Asia and the Pacific region have increasingly adopted information and communications technology to enhance government services and business transactions. However, successful implementation of e-procurement remains a challenge. This publication contains a summary of the proceedings of the International Conference on E-procurement which took place in Seoul, Korea, and aimed to assist the participants in defining priorities and specific actions for progressing to e-procurement.
Author: United Natio
Publisher: United Natio
Keywords: commission, law, international, yearbook
Number of Pages: 76
Published: 2008-05-16
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 9211336147
ISBN-13: 9789211336146
The Yearbook of the International Law Commission Volume II, contains summary records of the International Law Commission sessions on such subjects as: arbitral procedures, diplomatic immunities, Law of the Sea, nationality, Law of Treaties and Rights and Duties of States.
Author: United Natio
Publisher: United Natio
Keywords: methodologies, guidelines, development, sustainable, indicators
Number of Pages: 93
Published: 2008-04-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9211045770
ISBN-13: 9789211045772
This publication presents the third set of Indicators of Sustainable Development and provides suggestions on how to adapt them to national conditions and priorities. It benefits from the active participation of and excellent collaboration with, a wide range of governments, international organizations, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations and individual experts. This edition aims to further the momentum at the national and international level to develop and apply sustainable development indicators and to help the understanding of the various dimensions of sustainable developmen
Author: Committee on Transforming Our Common DestinyNatio
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: america, future, hispanics
Number of Pages: 502
Published: 2006-02-23
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0309100518
ISBN-13: 9780309100519
"Hispanics and the Future of America" presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that
Author: United Natio
Publisher: United Natio
Keywords: main, aggregates, analysis, statistics, accounts, national
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2008-06-08
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 9211615070
ISBN-13: 9789211615074
This publication presents, in the form of analytical tables, a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official detailed national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas of the world for the years 1970 to 2006. The analysis covers the level of total and per capita gross domestic product, economic structures, economic development and price development.
Author: United Natio
Publisher: United Natio
Keywords: paid, unpaid, work, measuring, time, producing, statistics, guide
Number of Pages: 410
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9211614716
ISBN-13: 9789211614718
This publication presents an overview of different approaches in the design of time-use surveys. It provides further impetus to the development of time-use statistics and assistance to countries interested in undertaking time-use surveys. In addition it reviews methods and practices in collecting, processing and disseminating time-use statistics through compilation of country experiences. It is also aimed at facilitating the harmonization of methods and practices in collecting, processing and disseminating time-use statistics.
Author: United Natio
Publisher: United Natio
Keywords: escwa, region, developments, social, economic, survey
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008-03-27
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 9211283132
ISBN-13: 9789211283136
The survey concentrates on macroeconomic issues pursuant to Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) resolution 270 on macroeconomic policy for financial stability, which recognized the urgent need to analyze the short-term economic effects and the long-term possible consequence of the current oil boom. It draws lessons from the previous oil boom and charts the policy landscape in search of alternatives that can retain financial and human resources aimed at meeting the requisites of development as a human right and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
