PDD Publications

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• Bulletin on Asia-Pacific Perspectives
  
  

  • 2002/2003: Asia-Pacific Economies: Sustaining Growth Amidst Uncertainities (ST/ESCAP/2219) NEW
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  • 2001/2002 : Asia-Pacific Economies: Coping with New Uncertainties (E/ESCAP/2143)
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• Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
  

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  • 2003 (ST/ESCAP/2233) NEW    
    

    Summary of the Survey
    Update of Survey - Presentation and Briefing Notes (17 April 2003)
    

  • 2002 (ST/ESCAP/2144)    
    

    Summary of the Survey

  • 2001 (ST/ESCAP/2104)
    
  • 2000 (ST/ESCAP/2043)
    

    Economic and Financial Monitoring and Surveillance

  • 1999 (ST/ESCAP/1941)
    

    Informal panel discussion on Information technology,
    globalization, economic security and development

  • 1998 (ST/ESCAP/1844)
  • 1997 (ST/ESCAP/1727)
  • 1996 (ST/ESCAP/1616)
    
    

• Asia Pacific Development Journal
  

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  • Vol. 9, No. 2, Dec. 2002 (ST/ESCAP/2231) NEW
  • Vol. 9, No. 1, June 2002 (ST/ESCAP/2205)
  • Vol. 8, No. 2, Dec. 2001 (ST/ESCAP/2147)
  • Vol. 8, No. 1, June 2001 (ST/ESCAP/2129)
  • Vol. 7, No.2, Dec. 2000 (ST/ESCAP/2090)
  • Vol. 7, No. 1, June 2000 (ST/ESCAP/2058)
  • Vol. 6, No. 2, Dec. 1999 (ST/ESCAP/1992)
  • Vol. 6, No. 1, June 1999 (ST/ESCAP/1972)
  • Vol. 5, No. 2, Dec. 1998 (ST/ESCAP/1938)
  • Vol. 5, No. 1, June 1998 (ST/ESCAP/1898)
  • Vol. 4, No. 2, Dec. 1997 (ST/ESCAP/1812)
  • Vol 4, No. 1, June 1997 (ST/ESCAP/1779)
  • Vol. 3, No. 2, Dec. 1996 (ST/ESCAP/1737)
  • Vol 3, No.1, June 1996 (ST/ESCAP/1698)
    

• Development Papers
  
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  • No. 22 "Privatization: A Panacea or a Palliative" (2001) (ST/ESCAP/2122)
  • No. 21 "Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making: Institutional Issues" (2000) (ST/ESCAP/1990)
  • No. 20 "Asian economic crisis: causes, consequences and policy lessons" (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1973)
  • No. 19 "Foreign direct investment in selected Asian countries: policies, related institution building and regional cooperation" (1998) (ST/ESCAP/1809)
    
    

Regional economic cooperation

• Rejuvenating Bank Finance for Development in Asia and the Pacific (2002)(ST/ESCAP/2206) NEW
• Governance Re-invented: The Progress, Constraints, and Remaining Agenda in Bank and Corporate Restructuring in East and South-East Asia (ST/ESCAP/2148)
• Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Pacific Island Countries: Lessons from East and South-East Asian Experience (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1989)
• Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment: Lessons for Economies in Transitions (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1983)
• Financial Sector Reform, Liberalization and Management for Growth and Stability in the Asian and the Pacific Region: Issues and Experiences (1998) (ST/ESCAP/1940)
• Financial Sector Reforms in Selected Asian Countries (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1793)
• Selected macroeconomic issues of common concern to the Central Asian countries and the Russian Federation (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1786)
• Mobilizing private sector financial resources for infrastructure (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1791)
• Issues and experiences in tax system reforms in selected countries of the ESCAP Region (1996) (ST/ESCAP/1564)
• Macroeconomic reforms in Indo-China lessons from the development experiences of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore (1996) (ST/ESCAP/1599)
• Public expenditure in the provision of social services in Bangladesh and Nepal. (1996)(ST/ESCAP/1607)
• Management of economic reforms (1995) (ST/ESCAP/1575)
• Social accounting matrix based macromodels for policy analysis in Developing Countries: An application to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (1995)(ST/ESCAP/1540)

Environment and sustainable development

• Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes: Background readings:

  
  • Vol. I (Institutional arrangements and mechanisms at national level) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1944)
  • Vol. II (Institutional arrangements and mechanisms at local/provincial level) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1960)
  • Vol. III (Institutional arrangements and mechanisms at sector level) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/1946)
  • Vol. IV (Modalities for environmental assessments) (1999) (ST/ESCAP/2003)

• Modelling and simulation of macroeconomic systems: use of quantitative models for analysing macroeconomic reform policies with applications to China, Viet Nam and India (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1803)

Poverty alleviation through economic growth and social development

• Protecting marginalized groups during economic downturn: Lessons from the Asian experience (2002)(ST/ESCAP/2221) NEW
• A manual for evaluating targeted poverty alleviation programmes (2000)(ST/ESCAP/2071)
• Institution and Human Resource Capacity Building in ASEAN (2000)(ST/ESCAP/1945)
• Growth with Equity: Policy Lessons From the experiences of Selected Asian Countries,(1999) (ST/ESCAP/2007)
• A replicable model for improving district-level coordination in South Asia(1997) (ST/ESCAP/1772)
• Role of the informal service sector in urban poverty alleviation. (1996) (ST/ESCAP/1706)
• Regional information base on poverty issues: A review of the incidence of poverty and target oriented poverty alleviation programmes (1996)(ST/ESCAP/1568)
• Causes, characteristics and consequences of poverty: Reasons for and modalities of the use of targeting in selected poverty allevation progrommes in the ESCAP Region (1996)(ST/ESCAP/1591)
• The informal sector and urban poverty alleviation in Asia and The Pacific.(1996) (ST/ESCAP/1600)

Least developed, landlocked and island developing countries

• Development Planning in a Market Economy
  (LDC series no. 6, 2001) (ST/ESCAP/2174)
• Review of implementation of the programme of action for least developed countries for the 1990s: Asia and the Pacific (LDC series no. 4, 2001) (ST/ESCAP/2121)
• Review of implementation of the programme of action for least developed countries for the 1990s: subregional studies (South Asia, South-East Asia, Pacific Region) (LDC series no. 5, 2000) (ST/ESCAP/2084)
• Options for exchange rate policy (LDC series no. 3, 2000) (ST/ESCAP/2037)
• Enhancing effectiveness of aid (LDC series no. 2, 2000)(ST/ESCAP/1981)
• Enhancing cooperation in trade and investment between Pacific island countries and economies of East and South East Asia, volume I: Issues (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1728)
• Enhancing cooperation in trade and investment between Pacific island countries and economies of East and South East Asia, volume II: Product studies (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1729)
• Informal financial systems in Pacific island countries (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1729)
• Overcoming institutional constraints to implementing macro-economic policies (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1788)
• Improving the access of women to formal credit and financial institutions: Windows of opportunity, volume 2 (1997) (ST/ESCAP/1847)
• Improving the access of women to formal credit and financial institutions: Windows of Opportunity (1996) (ST/ESCAP/1859)
• Incorporating sustainable development considerations into economic decision marketing: The case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu .(1996) (ST/ESCAP/1614)
• Pacific Island Countries: Selected Issues in Development Policy and Subregional Cooperation in The 1990s (1995)(ST/ESCAP/1487)
• Mid-term review of the implementation of the programme of action for The Least Developed Countries for the 1990s: The Asian and Pacific Region (1995)(ST/ESCAP/1550)
• Early development experience of the newly industrializing economies: Lessons for The Least Developed Countries for The Asian and Pacific Region (1995) (ST/ESCAP/1555)
  

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