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Vol 13 No. 4 October - December 2003 (full document pdf file 567 kb)

ESCAP - Poverty and Development Division (PDD)

• Committee boosts poverty reduction efforts
• Civil Society calls for a more comprehensive understanding of poverty and hunger

ILO

• Key Role for Cooperatives in Poverty Reduction Efforts

FAO

• Sub-regional oroganizations will discuss food security

UNICEF

• Early Childhood Care and Development project offers a better start for Myanmar's poorest children

UNIFEM

• Thai weavers leave lasting impression in Ease Timor

WHO

• WHO highlights the relation between health and poverty

Vol 13 No. 3 July - September 2003 (full document pdf file 540 kb)

UNDP

• UNDP and Thailand sign historic partnership - An example for other middle income countries
• UNDP and Cisco System join hands to bring Internet training to remote provinces in Thailand
• Young entrepreneurs around Fiji undergo retail skill training

UNESCO

• UNESCO's Initiative in East Asia: Rural-urban migrations and poverty alleviation

ESCAP - Poverty and Development Division (PDD)

• ESCAP to convene Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on Poverty Mapping and Monitoring Using Information Technology
• Thailand's Village Fish Pond Development Project: Tapping its potential for poverty alleviation

ESCAP - Environment and Sustainable Development Division

• Expert Group Meeting on Integration of Energy and Rural Development Policies and Programmes

ILO

• ILO launches first global report on discrimination at work - says workplace discrimination remains a persistent global problem, with new, more subtle forms emerging

UNICEF

• Aided by two United Nations Agencies, Afghanistan launched tetanus vaccination campaign

FAO

• FAO asks SARS expert in China to investigate the role of animals in spreading SARS virus

Vol 13 No. 2 April - June 2003 (full document pdf file 510 kb)

FAO

• World agriculture towards 2030 - Final study published
• Fertilizers are vital to meet global food needs

ESCAP - Poverty and Development Division (PDD)

• Launch of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2003
• The Human Dignity Initiative: Community-based safety nets as tools for human development

UNDP

• Seizing the Digital Opportunity Now
• Afghans beat language obstacle to entering digital age 

UNICEF

• East Asian and Pacific nations act for children 

UNIFEM

• Support for Pyongyang Women's Garment and Trading Centre

Vol 13 No. 1 January - March 2003 (full document pdf file 700 kb)

ESCAP

• New Poverty Reduction Section takes shape
• National ICT policies: a reality for rural poverty reduction
• Poverty reduction advisors to meet in Bangkok to review draft report on the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
• Decennial conference examines links between poverty and population

WHO

• FAO, WHO launch US$40 million trust fund to help poor countries participate in Codex Alimentarius
• CMH Report - a landmark blueprint

FAO

• Africa and Asia team up to fight AIDS through agriculture
• From farmer field school to community IPM: ten years of IPM training in Asia

ILO

• Philippine Youth Business Foundation "Bridging the Unemployment Gap through Self-Employment"
• Empowerment of the Philippine's Informal Sector

UNEP

• UNEP report chronicles environmental damage of the Afghanistan conflict- Afghan authorities cooperate in developing green agenda for reconstruction efforts.

Vol 12 No. 4 October - December 2002 (full document pdf file 695 kb)

• Republic of Korea to fund new ESCAP poverty reduction initiative
• Asian countries chart course towards Millennium Development Goals
• New initiative to tackle poverty in one of Islamic Republic of Iran's poorest provinces
• Cambodia strengthens Parliament to bolster democracy
• Women push for equality on Bangladesh's local councils
• Health and poverty reduction: WHO-SEARO
• Global Environment Outlook (GEO) 3: Human vulnerability to environmental change

Vol 12 No. 3 July-September 2002 (Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

• Governments in Asia and the Pacific endorse strategy on ageing
• Poverty and the millennium development goals
• More should be done to make globalization work for South Asia's poor
• Azerbaijan helps rural entrepreneurs move to market economy
• BP Foundation aids action against poverty in Timor Leste
• Bridging the rural digital divide
• UNESCO outlines strategy to combat digital divide
• A WSIS preparatory conference in Kyrgyzstan

Vol 12 No. 2 April - June 2002 (full document pdf file 696 kb)

• Asia-Pacific ESCAP Chief Signals Reform as 58th Session Opens
• ESCAP will replicate the Rural Saemaul Undong methodology in Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Projects on poverty alleviation
• United Nations agencies launch evaluation of international food code
• Interlinkages between ill health and poverty in the region

Vol 12 No. 1 January - March 2002 (full document pdf file 353 kb)

• Microfinance a powerful force to fight poverty
• Poverty alleviation through capacity building and social mobilization: Women in rural areas
• Trade, poverty at heart of environment and development challenge
• Investment in global health will save 8 million lives a year and generate at least US$ 360 billion annual gain within 15 years says a new report presented to WHO
• Pyongyang women's trading and garment center's success at Hong Kong fashion week: UNIFEM-UNDP support reaps rewards for the women of Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Vol 11 No. 4 October - December 2001 (full document pdf file 470 kb)

• Sustainable development: Asian-Pacific countries negotiate strategy
• China to host a training programme on green food and sustainable agriculture
• FADINAP meets for Regional Workshop on Integrated Plant Nutrition Systems (IPNS) Development and Rural Poverty Alleviation
• Government of Japan and UNDP launch ICT trust fund with US$ 5 million contribution from Japan
• Biogas and clean water for women in Viet Nam
• Donors and United Nations Agencies gather in Brussels to listen to priorities of Afghan women
• Netherlands gives big backing to UNEP in run up to World Summit on Sustainable Development
• Parliamentarians' call for action
• New multi-million dollars partnership between the Netherlands and FAO

Vol 11 No. 3 July - September 2001 (full document pdf file 591 kb)

• Eminent Asian leaders met to explore new agenda for Asia
• Organic agriculture - a strategy for sustainable rural livelihoods in Asia?
• UNDP extends support in fighting poverty in Thailand
• New technologies key to reducing world poverty, UN says
• UNICEF in East Asia Multi-country Girls' Education Initiative

Volume 11 No. 2 April – June 2001 (full document pdf file: 533 kb)

• Extracts from Policy Statement by Mr Kim Hak-Su Executive Secretary, ESCAP, at the Fifty-seventh Session of the Commission, Bangkok, 19-25 April 2001
• Reducing disparities
• Asian Development Bank and United Nations Development Programme join force to meet poverty goals in Asia and the Pacific
• FAO Director-General unveils two new publications, the first in a series on ethics in food and agriculture
• Improving reproductive health through income generation
• ILO's work in poverty reduction in Sri Lanka
• UNIFEM ESEARO publishes book on economic empowerment
• Countries with Smaller Gender Gaps Have Less Poverty

Volume 11 No. 1 January – March 2001 (full document pdf file: 439 kb)

• A route out of poverty
• Poverty alleviation through capacity building and social mobilization - Women in Rural Areas
• Poverty and the environment
• International Labour Organization: More women at work, but still not at the top
• Celebration of International Women's Day at United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok

Volume 10 No. 4 October – December 2000

• Editorial (pdf file: 249 kb)

• ‘We The Peoples’: The Role of The United Nations in the 21^st Century (pdf file: 208 kb)

• Committee on Socio-economic Measures to Alleviate Poverty in Rural and Urban Areas meets in Bangkok (pdf file: 48 kb)

• New market opportunities must be environmentally sustainable (pdf file: 190 kb)

• First steps towards an Asia-Pacific Organic Farming and Green Food Information Network (pdf file: 103 kb)

• FAO cooperation with non-governmental and civil society organizations (pdf file: 101 kb)

• India: New Agriculture Policy (pdf file: 267 kb)

Volume 10 No. 3 July – September 2000

• Editorial (pdf file: 10 kb)

• New Executive Secretary for ESCAP (pdf file: 38 kb)

• Can poverty be significantly decreased by 2015 (pdf file: 29 kb)

• ESCAP's representation at twenty-fifth FAO regional conference (pdf file: 32kb)

• FADINAP Regional Workshop on Evaluation and Future Directions of Internet-based Networking (pdf file: 32kb)

• New UN studies reveal dismal health and psychosocial services for sexually abused and sexually exploited children (pdf file: 24 kb)

• Over one billion poor affected by region's pressing environmental problems (pdf file: 27 kb)

• FAO: Group promoters effectively raise awareness in Nepal  (pdf file: 40 kb) 

• IFAD: Internet - A tool against poverty (pdf file: 14 kb)

• Editorial (pdf file: 14 kb)

• Regional Expert Group Meeting on Strengthening Linkages between Rural Credit, Agricultural Extension and Marketing (pdf file: 80 kb)

• UNEP: New report reveals widespread decline in world’s ecosystems (pdf file: 44 kb)

• ESCAP: The empowerment of the rural poor through decentralization in poverty alleviation actions (pdf file: 110 kb)

• WHO : Summary Report of a WHO/FAO Joint Intercountry Workshop to Review Implementation of National Plans of Action for Nutrition, New Delhi, 8-10 December 1999 (pdf file: 82 kb)

• UNESCO begins implementation of UNESCO/JFIT regional project on innovative approaches to functional literacy for poverty alleviation (pdf file: 14 kb)

• Community empowerment through community learning centres in Thailand (pdf file: 64 kb)

• Editorial

• ESCAP: Poverty alleviation among rural people with disabilities

• ESCAP: Employment of disabled persons in Cambodia

• ILO: Success Case Replication Workshop being tested by ILO

• UNESCO: A picture of successes and continuing obstacles

• UNESCO: Asia-Pacific Conference on Education for All 2000 Assessment: Participants reaffirm their faith in education as an effective tool for poverty alleviation

• FAO: Empowering the rural disabled persons in Asia and the Pacific: training people with disabilities in mushroom production

• FAO: Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems: FIVIMS

• UNIFEM: Cambodian Women's Crisis Centre: Helping women help themselves

• UNIFEM: Lotus Pond Centre: Developing employment opportunities in Cambodia through training and development

The "Poverty Alleviation Initiatives" is published quarterly as an interagency endeavour to provide updates on United Nations initiatives on poverty alleviation in Asia and the Pacific region. The inputs are provided by the members of the Thematic Working Group on Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development and Food Security. Present memberships include ESCAP, UNICEF, UNEP, UNFPA, UNDP and FAO, ILO, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFEM and WHO. It is published in print and electronic format by the Rural Development Section of the Population and Rural and Urban Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). 

Editor:  
Ivy Rodricks  rodricks.unescap@un.org

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