Three billion people will be added to the world ' s population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today already live on less than $2 a day-almost all in developing [...]

Parliamentary hearing held in New York, 2-3 Dec. 2010.

Transmits letter dated 10 Nov. 2008 from the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina enclosing the 34th report on the Implementation of the Peace Agreement for the peri[...]

Describes the Independent Expert's recent activities, focusing on the challenges met in preparing draft Guidelines on human rights-consistent design and implementation of econ[...]

This paper reassesses national income inequalities in this era of globalization. The main conclusion is that two opposite forces are at work: one 'centrifugal' at the two extr[...]

Transmits report of Bernards A. N. Mudho, the Independent Expert on the Effects of Economic Reform Policies and Foreign Debt on the Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights, submitt[...]

This paper discusses some of the problems of method and data in measuring world inequality. It describes some recent attempts to do so and produces its own estimates. There is[...]

Studies the impact of economic and social reforms in New Zealand since the mid-1980s on the well-being of children.

Concerns Guidelines for decision-makers on reforming energy prices to support sustainable energy development, to be prepared by the ECE joint Task Force on Environment and Ene[...]