... Partnerships for New and Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development, the Department of EconomicandSocial Affairs provided support to Ghana and Senegal in developing master plans and road maps for ... legislation B Governance 13 The governance cluster promotes the African Peer Review Mechanism and is organized around two sub-themes: political governance, andeconomicand corporate governance ... programmes for African countries on the formulation and implementation of counter-cyclical policies and structural reforms in order to minimize the depth and length of the economic downturn and to...
... Dioxide Council for Human andSocial Development Diphtheria EconomicandSocial Council Environment Management Systems Environmental Performance Index EconomicandSocial Survey, Jamaica Forestry Conservation ... the preparation of young people for tertiary level education, for the job market and generally foreconomicandsocial development Currently 74% of the labour force has neither certification ... budget, debt servicing (56.5%) and wages and salaries for civil servants (22.5%) left very limited fiscal space for development priorities such as infrastructure andsocial programmes Education...
... Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific : Case Study - China’s Plan for National EconomicandSocial Development Forestry targets • Increase forest coverage rate to rise to 21.66 per cent and forest ... www.wri.org/stories/2011/03/how-does-chinas-12th-five-yearplan-address-energy -and- environment (accessed September 2011) Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific : Case Study - China’s Plan for National EconomicandSocial Development Considerations for ... Province and Information and Industry Development Plan in Jiangxi Province (2011–2015) A monitoring and review process is required at all levels of government and of different organizations in the form...
... policies have contributed to the success and potentials of waste bioconversion Evaluations to make clear environmental, economic, andsocial benefits of 3R approach for agricultural waste management ... and incineration will be cut down to 70% of the total volume of collected waste while 30% will be reused and recycled To 2020, the general objectives are set: To form sustainable production and ... utilization of the 3R for agricultural waste2 1 Highlighting the multiple benefits of the 3Rs: promoting awareness-raising and mainstreaming (2009-2010) Improved governancefor 3R implementation...
... agricultural land, 20 forests and land for construction of industrial development zones, among others 21 It recognises lands traditionally occupied by indigenous peoples (for both residential and agricultural ... Defending EconomicandSocial Rights in Cambodia A High-Risk Activity Introduction Upon request of LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights) and ADHOC (Association for ... compensation and relocation In December 2005, a Sub-Decree on Economic Land Concessions was adopted to establish the legal and regulatory framework for the grant and management of concessions.23 “Economic...
... common definition and understanding of what Internet intermediaries are, of their economic function andeconomic models, of recent market development, and to discuss the economicandsocial uses that ... or service information and varied choice, and decrease transaction costs associated with economicandsocial activity, including: Costs of searching (for example, the time and effort spent in ... address the economic, socialand environmental challenges of globalisation The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns,...
... Department of EconomicandSocial Affairs World EconomicandSocial Survey 2011 The Great Green Technological Transformation United Nations New York, 2011 DESA The Department of EconomicandSocial ... economic, socialand environmental spheres and national action The Department works in three main interlinked areas: (i) it compiles, generates and analyses a wide range of economic, socialand ... and Máximo Torero) and the Centre for Policy Dialogue in Bangladesh (Fahmida Khatun and Rehman Sobhan), and from data provided by Nick Johnstone of the Organization forEconomic Cooperation and...
... handle Macroeconomic impacts have been felt on foreign exchange flows, aggregate demand and inflation, and, indeed, on economic growth in general.116 29 III Social consequences of drug abuse and ... ICPO/Interpol and WCO 15 "Social andeconomic impact of drug abuse and control", position paper prepared by UNDCP for the World Summit forSocial Development (1994); subsequently published as UNDCP, The Social ... necessary The recognition and effective utilization of women as resources for drug prevention and treatment can therefore improve efforts to reduce both the supply of and demand for drugs 123 Indeed,...
... Contributors ix Foreword Professor Jacques Vandamme x Abbreviations Economicandsocial cohesion and the Structural Funds: an introduction Achille Hannequart xii Part I Economicandsocial cohesion: ... market andeconomicand monetary union In a recent assessment of the relative regional implications of a customs union and an economicand monetary union, Ireland’s tripartite National Economicand ... Organisation forEconomic Co-operation and Development Research and Development Single European Act Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Trans-European Policy Studies Association Economicand social...
... Baum and Payea (2004) Data from US Census Bureau Data on state and local taxes from Institute for Taxation and Economics Policy, “Who Pays?” In addition to tax data analysis, RAND developed an economic ... skill necessary for today’s and tomorrow’s workforce Autor et al (2003) analyzed the cognitive skills required for the workforce between 1969 and 1999, finding that “expert thinking” and “complex ... Events andEconomic Circumstances." Review of Economics and Statistics 75: 195-208 Aschauer, D A (1993) Is Public Education Productive? Higher Education andEconomic Growth W E Becker and D R...
... -cover crop -composting -soil and water conservation Environment Increase income of rubber growers and remunerative return on investment EconomicSocial Rubber production and processing practices ... Strategies and Initiatives • Transformation of Rubber Industry - Restructuring the Rubber Smallholdings - Increase Supply Chain Efficiency ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME • To transform Malaysia ... industry due to relatively low income The consequences were abandoned holdings and productivity declines amidst uneconomic size holdings and skilled tappers shortage that plagued the industry The...
... educational attainment and labour market participation Adequate and sustainable social policies and more accessible social services are needed to promote social inclusion and entry into the labour ... high speed networks; • Boost the coverage and capacity of broadband by reducing the cost of its deployment and freeing up band width for wireless broadband Alongside cohesion policy, the Connecting ... e-invoicing mandatory for public procurement will facilitate business-to-government interaction, reduce costs and serve as a pilot for other sectors; • Initiatives to update and simplify the rules for...
... Center for Democratic Renewal (2007) Center for Development Services (2000) Center forEconomicandSocial Rights (1999) Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance Foundation (2008) Center for ... Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation (2008) Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy (2004) Centre for Psychology andSocial Change (1998) Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial ... énergétique durable (2000) Foresight Institute (2005) Forest Alliance of British Columbia (1996) Forum for Human Dignity (2001) Forum for Women and Development (1999) Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan...
... Dorothy Sekokotla and Nompumelelo Nzimande Economicand development issues around HIV/AIDS 381 Alan Whiteside and Sabrina Lee Section Social movements and democratic transition Social movements ... for formal and informal workers 316 Table 15.9 Comparison of selected indicators for ‘formal-like’ informal workers and all informal workers 317 Table 16.1 Distribution of discussions and interviews ... unleashing of markets for labour, land/nature and money, Polanyi maintained, wreaks profound havoc and generates counter-tendencies and demands for intervention andsocial protection Far from the...
... Ireland: total balance of macro -economic effects (in 1.000 IRP) .27 Fig 15: Lubricity measurements (SLBOCLE) for Diesel, Biodiesel and blends .29 Fig 16: World-wide request for information and ... environmental and socio -economic costs and benefits of Biodiesel, Draft Report for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London 2002, p 23 2.32 Feedstock All vegetable oil and animal ... Fuel dispensing Fuel storage and distribution Fuel production Feedstock transport Feedstock and fertilizer production Land use changes and cultivation CH4 and CO2 leaks and flares Emissions displaced...
... ECONOMICANDSOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Review of the "Small Business Act" for Europe EN EN COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, ECONOMIC ... financial instruments for start-ups and fast growing firms expanding in EU and global markets (e.g loans, venture capital and risk-sharing finance), further simplification of EU research and innovation ... companies and SMEs, universities, research centres and communities of scientists and practitioners to exchange knowledge and ideas Cohesion Policy programmes13 and the European Agricultural Fund for...
... demographic and migratory trends and the fast pace of technological change Unless tackled effectively, they constitute a significant challenge forsocial cohesion and competitiveness It is therefore ... European Social Fund Beyond its activities, there is scope to increase EU support for all levels of formal education and training (school, higher, vocational, adult) as well as informal and nonformal ... EUROPEAN ECONOMICANDSOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A Budget for Europe 2020 {SEC(2011) 867 final} {SEC(2011) 868 final} EN EN CONTEXT In preparing its proposals for the future...