Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. However, important aspects of well-being...
This eighth report of the series introduces a new design and format for presenting data and analysis on global environment and development issues. Part 1 focuses on Environmental Change and Human Health...
This volume focuses on the critical environmental challenges facing the world's rapidly expanding urban areas. With their concentration of humans and economic activities, urban areas can be the sites of...
This annual report is a review of the activities conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/World Bank Water and Sanitation Program during fiscal year 1995. The main goal of the report...
This annual report is a review of the activities conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/World Bank Water and Sanitation Program during fiscal year 1995. The main goal of the report...
Developing countries are facing major challenges to their rural land use, including deforestation, increasing scarcity of tree products, and environmental degradation on fragile agricultural lands. One...
The cost of photovoltaic (PV) systems continues to fall. At the same time, experience is being rapidly gained in their practical use in the developing world. It is now clear they are going to play an increasing...
This report reviews the activities of the UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program during fiscal year 1994. It opens with an overview of the water and sanitation sector in developing countries, and...
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) began its three-year pilot phase in 1991, nearly 20 years after the international community's first efforts to address concerns about the global environment. During...
Le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial (FEM) a commencé sa phase pilote d’une durée de trois ans en 1991, soit près de 20 ans après les premières initiatives de la communauté internationale pour répondre...
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) began its three-year pilot phase in 1991, nearly 20 years after the international community's first efforts to address concerns about the global environment. During...
Environmental degradation and pollution are serious problems in the Mediterranean Basin. Most sources of pollution are land based; contaminating the sea, coastal zones, groundwater, and areas of natural...
This annual report reviews the activities of the UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program during fiscal year 1993. The introductory section presents an overview of the water and sanitation sector in...
This report embodies the results of two missions on fisheries and aquaculture research capabilities and needs. The first part deals with a study of India and the second with the ASEAN Region, with particular...
This Working Party Report reviews the research areas of interest for the public and private sectors. However, it places emphasis on areas of direct concern to government organizations. It identifies gaps...
This report embodies the findings of the Working Party on the "Research Needs of Tropical Aquaculture Development". The Working Party conducted its deliberations in two sessions. Session 1 examined research...
This Working Party report deals with the research needs for Small Pelagic Fish Utilization. It starts out with an analysis of the demand for fish and the ways of filling the supply-demand gap. It then...
This report contains the findings of two missions. One visited Uruguay and Argentina, and the other covered Chile, Ecuador and Peru. The report on Uruguay and Argentina starts with a brief overview of...
This Working Group Report examines the critical problems affecting small-scale fisheries research. It first deals with an outline and diagnosis of the different small-scale fishery situations. This is...
The UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program has been active in 40 countries and is funded by UNDP and 10 bilateral donors at about $10 million per year. This assessment, prepared by an independent...