Summary: "The World Economic Outlook (WEO) presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses on major
Summary: "Four billion low-income consumers, a majority of the world's population, constitute the base of the economic pyramid (BOP). New empirical measures of their aggregate purchasing power and behavior as consumers suggest significant opportunities for market-based approaches to better meet
This is the facet of the website of the UNESCO Office in New Delhi that deals with the Office's Communication and Information Program. The site provides information about UNESCO CI program in India and the South Asian region, and also
Preface: "Sustained, well-targeted, and effectively used investments in R&D have reaped handsome rewards from improved agricultural productivity and cheaper, higher quality foods and fibers. As we begin a new millennium, the global patterns of investments in agricultural R&D are changing
We are happy to bring to you via live webcast a knowledge sharing and training program prepared for the annual World Bank PREM Conference and Learning Week 2008 with the overall theme of ICT as Enabler for Growth and Public
I recently found out about VNL - an Indian-swiss company which claims a re-engineered the cellular infrastructure to make it viable for rural areas. Don't know if they have any successful deployments yet. I feel this is important as traditional
This book illustrates South Asian initiatives on open access to information and knowledge. It has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of UNESCO-supported international conferences and workshops. UNESCO Office in New Delhi, 2008. (PDF, 6.87 MB, 147 pages.)
at Harvard Medical School, the first such center at a medical school in the United States and an official Collaborating Center of the U. N. Environment Programme, was founded in 1996 because of concern that the relationship between human health
The coming century of climate change, and how to manage and survive it. Forthcoming in January 2009 from the Worldwatch Institute. It's New Year's Day, 2101. Somehow, humanity survived the worst of global warming—the higher temperatures and sea levels and
