United Nations Department of International Economic and Social Affairs

Overview

Works:	1,471 works in 3,076 publications in 2 languages and 42,596 library holdings
Genres:	Periodicals Reference works Conference papers and proceedings Bibliography‡vCatalogs Catalogs Bibliography
Roles:	Other, Editor, isb
Classifications:	JX1977, 312.058

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about United Nations

Catalogue of transport studies, 1970-1990 : unpublished studies and reports with abstracts by organizations of the United Nations System by United Nations( Book )
Selected publications of the United Nations Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, 1985-1989( Book )
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs : United Nations secretariat, United Nations Economic and Social Council, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Millennium Declaration( Book )
by United Nations( )
by United Nations( )

Most widely held works by United Nations

Demographic yearbook. Annuaire démographique by Nations Unies( )

in English and held by 1,582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The United Nations Demographic Yearbook collects, compiles and disseminates official statistics on a wide range of topics. Data have been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 through a set of questionnaires dispatched annually by the United Nations Statistics Division to over 230 national statistical offices. The Demographic Yearbook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis. Demographic Yearbook special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others." The yearbooks are downloadable in PDF format

World economic survey by United Nations( )

in English and Undetermined and held by 1,017 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Manual de organización estadística( )

3 editions published in 2004 in Spanish and held by 952 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Report on the world social situation by United Nations( )

in English and held by 632 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) is prepared on a biennial basis by the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over the years, the Report has served as a background document for discussion and policy analysis of socio-economic matters at the intergovernmental level, and has aimed at contributing to the identification of emerging social trends of international concern and to the analysis of relationships among major development issues which have both international and national dimensions. In its resolution 56/177 of 15 December 2001, the United Nations General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to change the periodicity of the Reports on the World Social Situation from a four-year cycle to a two-year cycle

International review of criminal policy by United Nations( )

in English and held by 593 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

International co-operation in tax matters : report of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on International Co-operation in Tax Matters on the work of its first meeting by United Nations( Book )

24 editions published between 1983 and 1998 in English and held by 364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

World population policies by United Nations( Book )

in English and held by 359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Population bulletin of the United Nations by United Nations( )

in English and held by 327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Housing and economic adjustment by United Nations( Book )

10 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations Department of International Economic and Social Affairs. The principal author was Anthony Woodfield"--Page vi."Published for and on behalf of the U.N." Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-87)

Population studies by London School of Economics and Political Science( )

in English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

World cartography by United Nations( )

in English and held by 316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Model life tables for developing countries by United Nations( Book )

10 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Adolescent reproductive behaviour by United Nations( Book )

9 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

World population at the turn of the century by Naciones Unidas( Book )

4 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fertility behaviour in the context of development : evidence from the World Fertility Survey by Naciones Unidas( Book )

3 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Journal of development planning by United Nations( )

in English and held by 282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Long-range world population projections : two centuries of population growth, 1950-2150 by United Nations( Book )

7 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Socio-economic differentials in child mortality in developing countries by United Nations( Book )

6 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fertility and family : proceedings of the Expert Group on Fertility and Family, New Delhi, 5-11 January 1983 by Nations Unies( Book )

11 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 266 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Levels and trends of mortality since 1950 : a joint study by the United Nations and the World Health Organization by United Nations( Book )

7 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide