The analysis and projections contained in the World Economic Outlook are integral elements of the IMF

This new UN report says that funding for water & sanitation has declined as a share of overall development aid and informs that improved access to sanitation & water produces economic benefits that range from $3 - $34 per dollar invested.

The Climate Competitiveness Index (CCI) is the most comprehensive analysis to date of national progress towards a low carbon economy. The 2010 CCI shows how countries are creating low carbon strategies by combining performance and accountability. The report draws on a robust new assessment of public policy business action and consumer patterns in 95 countries.

The report "Energy for a Sustainable Future," prepared by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

The objective of this report is to derive evaluation criteria for global climate policy and to apply this analysis framework to a number of existing proposals for climate policy architectures relying on a global carbon market.

This document is the result of an intensive work of dialogue between the ILC Secretariat and the ILC constituency, especially civil society organisations from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The ILC Secretariat - including the three regional nodes - has facilitated the process, collected contributions, packaged information, and produced the synthesis.

This document is a collection of case studies and articles that address how relationships between humans and nature function in socio-ecological production landscapes around the world. The examples highlight the various physical structures, management

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This document is intended to facilitate further discussions on the proposed intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services and its potential role in producing or contributing to assessments for biodiversity and ecosystem services.

This report provides a cross-country assessment of poverty and socio-economic indicators for indigenous peoples. It is motivated by a recent study of indigenous peoples in Latin America, which finds high poverty rates among these groups, and little to no improvement in poverty rates over time, and a continued interest in indigenous peoples socioeconomic status worldwide.