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    • Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing: A Review of Existing Frameworks 

      United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2019)
      This report pursues the following main objectives: (i) To provide an up-to-date overview of selected national, and as appropriate regional, policy and legal frameworks on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing ...
    • Actions on Air Quality: Policies & Programmes for Improving Air quality around the World 

      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2016)
      This publication provides a snapshot of the progress being made to adopt and implement key actions that can significantly improve air quality.
    • Aerosols sector conversion in action 

      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 1995)
      This publication presents twelve technical case studies that address plant conversions to alternative technologies, including hydrocarbon aerosol propellants (HAP), manual pumps and DME propellants. It covers all sizes of ...
    • Air Quality Management and Assessment Capabilities in 20 Major Cities 

      United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization (1996)
      This report assesses the components required for effective air quality management: the information inputs which are required for decision-making; how these inputs are used and how to measure their comprehensiveness, ...
    • Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2011)
      The third Sustainability Report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides, in a readily available format, information about our continued work on promoting environmentally sustainable and inclusive growth, and on reducing ...
    • Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2007: Spotlight on the Environment, Social Development, and Governance 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2007)
      ADB's first Sustainability Report makes easily accessible information on ADB's policies, programs, and practices, as related to promoting the social and environmental sustainability of development in Asia and the Pacific. ...
    • Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2009 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2009)
      The second Sustainability Report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) makes information readily available on its continued work on promoting environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive growth, and minimizing our ...
    • Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2013: Investing in Asia and the Pacific's Future 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2013)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Sustainability Report has been issued every 2 years since 2007. The current Sustainability Report contains selected performance highlights of ADB's operations and corporate footprint during ...
    • Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2013: Investing in Asia and the Pacific's Future - Expanded version 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2013)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Sustainability Report has been issued every 2 years since 2007. The current Sustainability Report contains selected performance highlights of ADB's operations and corporate footprint during ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2001 Update 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2001)
      The Asian Development Outlook 2001 Update examines the economic effects of the terror attacks on the United States and its aftermath on developing Asia and the Pacific economies. The 2001 Update: appraises the global ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2001: Asia's Globalization Challenge 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2001)
      Notwithstanding the less hospitable external environment, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2001 is cautiously optimistic that the prospects for the Asian and Pacific region remain moderate and will improve by 2002. ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2002 Update 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2002)
      The 2002-2003 economic outlook for developing Asia and the Pacific has not changed significantly since the Asian Development Outlook 2002 was published in April 2002. However, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2002: Preferential Trade Agreements in Asia and the Pacific 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2002)
      This 14th edition of the Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive analysis of 41 economies in Asia and the Pacific, based on the Asian Development Bank's in-depth knowledge of the region. For the first time, the ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2003 Update 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2003)
      The analyses of macroeconomic trends, policy developments, and short-term forecasts for the developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank presented in the Asian Development Outlook 2003 (ADO 2003) published in ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2004 Update 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2004)
      Developing Asia and the Pacific will grow at 7.0% in 2004, outperforming ADO 2004 forecast of 6.8%. Rebounding exports and buoyant intraregional trade boosted growth, says the ADO 2004 Update. For 2005, as external demand ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2004: Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2004)
      The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive economic analysis of 41 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific. On the basis of the Asian Development Bank's unique knowledge of the region, this 16th ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2007 Update 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2007)
      Developing Asia's prodigious growth continued through the first half of 2007, setting the scene for another bumper year. The region is now expected to expand by 8.3. But this Asian Development Outlook 2007 Update cautions ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2008 Update 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2008)
      The annual Asian Development Outlook aims to present an analysis of the recent past and forecasts for the next couple of years for the developing economies of Asia. In this Update to April's publication, regional economic ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2008: Workers in Asia 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2008)
      The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive economic analysis of 44 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific. This 20th anniversary edition examines trends and prospects in Central Asia, East Asia, ...
    • Asian Development Outlook 2009 Update: Broadening Openness for a Resilient Asia 

      Asian Development Bank (Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2009)
      Developing Asia as a whole is proving to be more resilient to the global economic slowdown than was expected when Asian Development Outlook 2009 (ADO 2009) was published in March this year. Consequently, this Update sees ...