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Inclusive Wealth Report 2012
Measuring Progress Toward Sustainability (Hardback)
by United Nations University International Human Dimensions Programme ; United Nations Environment Programme ;
Hardcover, 366 Pages, Published 2012 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-03231-6, ISBN: 1-107-03231-8






Inclusive Wealth Report 2012
Measuring Progress Toward Sustainability
by Vv.Aa.
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2012 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-68339-6, ISBN: 1-107-68339-4






Inclusive Wealth Report 2014
Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability
by Cambridge University Press, United Nations University
Hardcover, 362 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-10962-9, ISBN: 1-107-10962-0

"Economic production indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) and the Human Development Index (HDI) fail to reflect the state of natural resources or ecological conditions and both focus exclusively on the short term. The Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 is the second book in an important biennial series that provides a new framework for measuring the inclusive wealth of nations. It provides an overview of how the capital asset compon ..."






Inclusive Wealth Report 2014
Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability
by United Nations University
Paperback, 362 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-52400-2, ISBN: 1-107-52400-8

"Economic production indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) and the Human Development Index (HDI) fail to reflect the state of natural resources or ecological conditions and both focus exclusively on the short term. The Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 is the second book in an important biennial series that provides a new framework for measuring the inclusive wealth of nations. It provides an overview of how the capital asset compon ..."






The New Detente
Rethinking East-West Relations
by Mary Kaldor, Richard A. Falk, Gerard Holden, United Nations University, Falk Kaldor, Editor-Gerald Holden
Paperback, 413 Pages, Published 1989 by Verso
ISBN-13: 978-0-86091-962-9, ISBN: 0-86091-962-5

"I. Dobozi, Soviet and Eastern European Foreign Trade, vol. 21, no. 1-2-3, 1985, p . 271 and UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, various years. 31. M. Lavigne, I' Economie Internationale des pays socialistes, Paris 1986, p. 96. 32. See C. Wolfe , Jr, ..."






African Agriculture
The Critical Choices (Unu Studies in African Political Economy, Vol 6)
by Hamid Ait Amara, Bernard Founou-Tchuigoua
Paperback, 227 Pages, Published 1990 by Zed Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-86232-799-6, ISBN: 0-86232-799-7






Latin America
Peace, Democratization & Economic Crisis (The United Nations University Studies on Peace and Regional Security)
by Jose Silva-Michelena
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1988 by Zed Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-86232-723-1, ISBN: 0-86232-723-7






Weathering Uncertainty
Traditional Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation
by Ameyali Ramos Castillo, Kirsty Galloway Mclean, Hans Thulstrup, Jennifer Rubis, Douglas Nakashima, United Nations Educational, D. J. Nakashima, United Nations University
120 Pages, Published 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0-9807084-8-6, ISBN: 0-9807084-8-6

"In recent years there has been a growing awareness that scientific knowledge alone is inadequate for solving the climate crisis."






Fault Lines of International Legitimacy
by Hilary Charlesworth, Jean-Marc Coicaud, United Nations University
Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-76446-9, ISBN: 0-521-76446-7

"Fault Lines of International Legitimacy deals with the following questions: What are the features and functions of legitimacy in the international realm? How does international legitimacy, as exemplified in particular by multilateral norms, organizations, and policies, change over time? What role does the international distribution of power and its evolution have in the establishment and transformation of legitimacy paradigms? To what e ..."






External Finance for Private Sector Development
Appraisals and Issues (Studies in Development Economics and Policy)
by Matthew Odedokun, United Nations University
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2004 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-2091-1, ISBN: 1-4039-2091-5

"Foreign finance for private sector development (PSD) has become popular with the donor community and in multilateral development policy fora, seen as an antidote for recipient economies' aid dependency and a way of accomplishing growth, poverty reduction and empowerment. This book analyzes the pattern of foreign finance for PSD and examines multilateral and bilateral donors' practices in PSD financing, giving special attention to microf ..."






Cultivating Biodiversity(1st Edition)
by Harold Brookfield, Christine Padoch, Helen Parsons, H. C. Brookfield, United Nations University, Michael A. Stocking, Global Environment Facility
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2002 by Practical Action
ISBN-13: 978-1-85339-493-5, ISBN: 1-85339-493-9

"The United Nations University project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC) has used the traditional skills of smallholder farmers -- for cultivating their crops, managing the soil, water and vegetation and maintaining their livelihoods in difficult circumstances - to produce this book. Arguably, these farmers have conserved and even created more biological diversity and more economically important species than all ..."






Peace Keeping, Peace Making and Human Rights
(Incore Occasional Papers)
by Cedric Thornberry, University Of Ulster, United Nations University
Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Ulster
ISBN-13: 978-1-85923-032-9, ISBN: 1-85923-032-6






The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies(1st Edition)
(WIDER Studies in Development Economics)
by Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Renato Paniccià, United Nations University, Editor-Renato Panicciã
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2000 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-829741-3, ISBN: 0-19-829741-6

"In spite of widespread expectations of improvements in living standards and health conditions, in most of the countries of the former Soviet bloc the transition to the market economy was accompanied by a sharp increase in (already high) death rates. Such an increase provoked an 'excess mortality' of some three million people over the period 1989-96 alone, an unprecedented phenomenon in peacetime. Such a crisis remains poorly explained, ..."






A new hope for sustainable development in Africa
Zero emissions and total productivity of raw materials
by Keto E. Mshigeni, United Nations University, University Of Namibia
222 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of Namibia
ISBN-13: 978-0-947433-89-5, ISBN: 0-947433-89-9






Peacekeeping
Cocflict Resolution for Military Peacekeepers
by Gregory Tillett, Roger Macginty, United Nations University, University Of Ulster
Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Ulster,Centre For The Study Of Conflict
ISBN-13: 978-1-85923-064-0, ISBN: 1-85923-064-4






Peacekeeping
Incore Conference on the Training and Preparation of Military and Civilian Peacekeepers - Summary of Proceedings (Occasional Papers)
by Roger Macginty, Tom Macginty, United Nations University, University Of Ulster
Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Ulster
ISBN-13: 978-1-85923-053-4, ISBN: 1-85923-053-9






Peace Makers? Peace Keepers?
by Valerie Morgan, United Nations University, University Of Ulster
Paperback, 20 Pages, Published 1996
ISBN-13: 978-1-85923-039-8, ISBN: 1-85923-039-3






Peacekeeping
Terra Incognita - Here Be Dragons, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution in Contemporary Conflict, Some Relationships Considered
by Tom Woodhouse, Oliver Ramsbotham, United Nations University, University Of Ulster
Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Ulster
Import
ISBN-13: 978-1-85923-054-1, ISBN: 1-85923-054-7






Ocean Governance
Sustainable Development of the Seas
by United Nations University
Paperback, 414 Pages, Published 1995 by United Nations University
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-11-984100-8, ISBN: 0-11-984100-2






Conflict over Natural Resources in South-East Asia and the Pacific
(Natural Resources of South-East Asia)
by Lim Teck Ghee, Mark J. Valencia, Mark John Valencia, United Nations University
Hardcover, 268 Pages, Published 1991 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-588937-6, ISBN: 0-19-588937-1

"This book focuses on South-East Asian and Pacific regions richly endowed with natural resources in international demand to examine patterns of extraction and use and analyse subsequent conflicts. Attempting to find ways of preventing such conflicts, the study addresses the role of the state and its development policies, militarization, the impact of the world economic crises, the role of modern science and technology, human rights, and ..."



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