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Poverty Alleviation Information Resources
World Development Report 2000/2001 Urges Broader Approach to Reducing Poverty.
 
 Recent News/Press Releases

PovertyNet Newsletter (WB) -- a monthly newsletter that contains updates on new information and resources available on the PovertyNet web site, covering: poverty reduction strategies, the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) on poverty and development, etc.

Rural Credit Project In Viet Nam Will Enable Poor To Start Small Enterprises ADB, 12 December 2000

Helping Uzbekistan Revitalize Small and Medium Enterprises ADB, 11 December 2000

 
 Features

Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty, 
5 - 9 February 2001


UNDP Poverty Report 2000

ADB Global Poverty Report prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000
 

 

Effectiveness of ADB Approaches and Assistance to Poverty Reduction (in pdf format)
Pub. Date: May 2000


Asian Development Outlook 2000 Update (in pdf format)
Pub. Date: Sep 2000
 

 Reports of Major Conferences

First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
 

World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 1995

World Summit for Social Development, Geneva, 2000
 

Agenda 21 - a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System,  Governments, and Major Groups in every area in    which human impacts on the environment

Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995
 





 Recent Publications

Our Dream: A World Free of Poverty - new WB book
Pub. Date: Nov. 2000



WB, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: World Bank Internal Guidance Note (in pdf format)

 

The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. 
 
 

 


For more information about RDS activities, contact:
Mr. Kiran Pyakuryal,
Chief, RDS
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand, Tel: 662-2881390 - Fax:662-2881056 - E-mail: pyakuryal.unescap@un.org