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1. Health Expenditure Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) means: the sum of public and private expenditure (in purchasing power parity terms in US dollars), divided by the mid-year population. Health expenditure includes [...]...
2. Health Indicator Health Indicator (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Indicator means: a health indicator is a characteristic of an individual, population, or environment which is measured (directly or indirectly) and could be used to describe one or more aspects of the health based on [...]...
3. Population Medium-variant Population Projection (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Medium-variant Population Projection means: _opulation projections by the United Nations Population Fund assuming medium-fertility path, normal mortality and normal international migration. Each assumption [...]...
4. Health Promotion Health Promotion (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Promotion means: health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, it not only embraces [...]...
5. Health System Health System (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health System means: _onsists of all actors, institutions and resources that undertake health activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore or maintain health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. [...]...
6. Access to Health Care Access to Health Care (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Access to Health Care means: percentage of the population that can reach appropriate local health facility on foot or by local means of transport within an hour....
7. Basic Needs Summary of Basic Needs A code word for official development ASSISTANCE (read this legal term for further details) programs aimed toward the improvement of health care, education, nutrition, and like fundamental services in poorer nations. The basic needs concept has been criticized by some [...]...
8. Water Source Population Not Using Improved Water Source (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Population Not Using Improved Water Source means: _alculated as 100 minus the percentage of the population using an improved water source. Unimproved sources include vendors, bottled water, tanker [...]...
9. United Nations Population Fund UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations Population Fund , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including United [...]...
10. Human Development Human Development in United Nations Activities In this context, Human Development means: is the expansion of people's freedoms to live long, healthy and creative lives; to advanceother goals they have reason to value;and to engage actively in shaping development equitably and sustainably [...]...
11. Reproduction Reproduction of the Population (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Reproduction of the Population means: one of the main processes of reproduction of society - can be viewed as a combination of three types of "movement" of the population, "natural" (biology and [...]...
12. Human Development Reports Human Development Reports Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Human Development Reports , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Human Development Reports , Boczek, [...]...
13. Human Capital Summary of Human Capital An enrichment of the productive capacity of labor by means of specialized training and education.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Human Capital (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Capital means: is formed from investments in human [...]...
14. Urban Population Urban Population (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Urban Population means: refers to the de facto population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each area or country. Data refer to 1 July of the year indicated. See Population, total. Resources [...]...
15. Health Expenditure, Private Private Health Expenditure (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Private Health Expenditure means: direct household (out of pocket) spending, private insurance, spending by nonprofit institutions serving households and direct service payments by private corporations. Together with [...]...
16. Epidemiology Epidemiology (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Epidemiology means: _pidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems. Social epidemiology has [...]...
17. Fertility Fertility (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Fertility means: a woman's reproductive ability, ie the ability of women to bear children in the physiological period, called the fertile age. In demographic statistics taken from the fertile age 15 to 49 years. Total Fertility [...]...
18. Contraceptive Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate means: the percentage of women of reproductive age (15 - 49 years) who are using, or whose partners are using, any form of contraception, whether modern or traditional. Resources See [...]...
19. Mortality Maternal Mortality Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Maternal Mortality Ratio means: the number of female deaths per year due to pregnancy or for reasons connected with childbirth per 100 000 live births. Resources See Also Population Population Planning Population [...]...
20. Health Determinants Determinants of Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Determinants of Health means: the range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors which determine the health status of individuals or populations....
21. Labour Force Participation Labour Force Participation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Labour Force Participation means: the percentage of the working-age population (ages 15 — 64) that actively engages in the labour market, by either working or actively looking for work.....
22. Psychological Health Psychological Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Psychological Health means: is characterized with the level and quality of thinking, development of attention and memory, level of an emotional stability and advancing of volitional qualities....
23. Environmental Safety Environmental Safety (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Environmental Safety means: Guaranteeing the prevention of environmentally significant natural or anthropogenic disasters; the extent to which preserve the health of the population from existing or expected environmental [...]...
24. Physical Health Physical Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Physical Health means: natural condition of the body due to the normal functioning of all its organs and systems...
25. World Health Organization Public Health Public Health Agencies Introduction to World Health Organization On an international scale, public health is overseen by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO manages international disease prevention and control efforts, and is involved in training medical personnel, educating [...]...
26. United Nations Center For Human Settlements UNCHS – United Nations Center for Human Settlements Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations Center for Human Settlements , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary [...]...
27. Ecological Health Ecological Health Indicators (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Ecological Health Indicators means: _nvironment state, for example quality of water, air and the earth, pollution level et al....
28. United Nations Development Fund For Women UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations Development Fund for Women , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary [...]...
29. Enrolment Enrolment Rate, Net (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Enrolment Rate, Net means: the number of pupils of the theoretical school-age group for a given level of education level who are enrolled in that level, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age Gross [...]...
30. Income Poverty Line, Population Below Population Below Income Poverty Line (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Population Below Income Poverty Line means: percentage of the population living below the specified poverty line (PPP $1.25 a day and the national poverty line). The national poverty line is the poverty [...]...
31. Monetary Policy Monetary Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Monetary Policy means: the complex of actions aiming to regulate the money supply in a country. By changing banking interest rate, or acting on open securities' market, a government either enlarges or diminishes inflow of [...]...
32. Social Health Social Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Health means: is determined with moral principles that constitute the ground of the social life of the human being, i.e. vital activity in a specific human society. It is primarily characterized with the attitude of the [...]...
33. United Nations Industrial Development Organization Introduction to United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), international agency established by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in 1966 to promote industrialization in developing nations. The organization offers [...]...
34. Human Rights Committee Human Rights Committee Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Human Rights Committee , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Human Rights Committee , Boczek, Boleslaw [...]...
35. Fao Fao Fao (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Fao means: is a food and agriculture organization, founded in 1945. Covers questions of food resources and agricultural development in order to improve the lives of the peoples of the world. Embracing mainstream international law, this [...]...
36. Millennium Development Goals Literature Review on Millennium Development Goals In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Maria Ivanova and Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy provide the following summary about the topic of Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals—widely known as [...]...
37. Women Women and the United Nations This general section provides an overview of the relationship of Women and the United Nations (UN). See, for example, the entry about the United Nations Development Fund For Women. The Legal History of Women This general section provides an overview of Women in [...]...
38. Inequality Human Development Index, Inequality-adjusted in United Nations Activities In this context, Human Development Index, Inequality-adjusted means: Human Development index value adjusted for inequalities in the three basic dimensions of human development: education, he_lth and profit. The IHDI [...]...
39. Sustainability Sustainability in the Context of Peacemaking Definition of Sustainability published by the United Nations: Programme evaluation criterion that measures the durability or extent to which behavioral changes and peace outcomes will last, as well as the adaptability of these changes to conflict [...]...
40. Economic Growth Futureless Economic Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Futureless Economic Growth means: Futureless growth that is accompanied by a waste of economic and natural resources needed to sustain life for future generations. Ruthless Economic Growth (in the Human Development [...]...
41. Security Spanish Translation of title and security and certificate This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to title or security or certificate and / or a definition of this topic: Título (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). In the United States For [...]...
42. Agenda For Development Agenda for Development Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Agenda for Development , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Agenda for Development , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam [...]...
43. A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations Contents A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations Author: Volger, Helmut, ed. Publication details: New York: Kluwer Law International, 2002. ... Read more...
44. Public Debt Other Private Flows (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Other Private Flows means: _ category combining non-debtcreating portfolio equity investment flows (the sum of country funds, depository receipts and direct purchases of shares by foreign investors), portfolio debt flows [...]...
45. Public Goods Global Public Good(s) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Global Public Good(s) means: a global public good is a good that has the three following properties : 1. It is non-rivalrous. Consumption of this good by anyone does not reduce the quantity available to other agents; 2. It [...]...
46. Fiscal Policy Other Popular Tax Definitions in the World Legal Encyclopedia Adjusted Gross Income (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) Ad Valorem Tax (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) Alternative Minimum Tax (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) Big Four (audit firms) (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) [...]...
47. Protection Of Human Rights Protection of Human RightsFurther ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Protection of Human Rights, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Protection of Human Rights, Boczek, [...]...
48. Public Information Public Information of the United Nations Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Public Information, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Public Information, Boczek, [...]...
49. Concept of Human Development Major Components _f the Concept of Human Development (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Major Components _f the Concept of Human Development means: Efficiency. People must be productive agents of the economy so that they possess the economic means to broaden their choices. [...]...
50. Economic Development Economic Development of Society (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Economic Development of Society means: is a multidimensional process, covering economic growth, structural changes in economy, improvement of conditions and quality of life. Legal Issues in the Third World’s [...]...
51. Schooling Expected Years of Schooling (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Expected Years of Schooling means: number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of age — specific enrolment rates were to stay the same throughout [...]...
52. Commission on Sustainable Development CSD – Commission on Sustainable Development Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Commission on Sustainable Development , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including [...]...
53. Groups Groups and Groupings in the United Nations Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Groups, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Groups, Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) [...]...
54. Empowerment Women's Empowerment in Election Law Process by which women gain power and control over their own lives. It involves awareness-raising, self-confidence building, expansion of choices, increased access to and control over resources and actions to transform the structures and institutions [...]...
55. World Bank World Bank and the World Bank Group Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including World Bank , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including World Bank , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) [...]...
56. Health Care Health Care in the CEDAW Article 12: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Health Care, that all countries are required to eliminate discrimination in the field of health care. Women should be ensured equal access [...]...
57. Unesco Unesco Unesco, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Unesco, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization means: _s specialized agency of the United Nations, UNESCO contributes to the building of [...]...
58. Capabilityies Capability(ies) Approach (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Capability(ies) Approach means: philosophical foundations of human development translated in policies that promote human rights, disability, health, growth and democratic practice, and the position of disadvantaged [...]...
59. Civilization Civilization (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Civilization means: broad term characterizing particularities and levels of development in a society. It includes culture, religion, and the character of social and economic relations. Accordingly, civilizations differs by applied [...]...
60. Electrification Electrification Rates (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Electrification Rates means: indicate the number of people with electricity access as a percentage of the total population....
61. Population Policy Resources See Also Population Population Planning Population Dynamics Population Structure Social Policy Social Development Sociology Public Policy Social Law...
62. Children Legitimacy of Children Introduction to Children Legitimacy of Children, being born of legally married parents." (1) The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and the Electronic Commerce The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the Online Business Law Children Reaching [...]...
63. Unicef The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) UNICEF supports governments and civil society in some 155 countries to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international standards. UNICEF’s rule of law work includes support to child rights legislative reform; justice [...]...
64. Non-aligned Movement Non-Aligned Movement Non-Aligned Movement and the United Nations Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Non-Aligned Movement, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including [...]...
65. Parity In arbitrage usage, an equivalent value for two currencies; for example, the Bermuda dollar enjoys parity with the U.S. dollar (B$l = U.S.SI).......
66. Literacy Rate, Adult Adult Literacy Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Adult Literacy Rate means: the proportion of the adult population aged 15 years and older which is literate, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population, total or for a given sex, in a given country, territory, [...]...
67. Adolescent Adolescent Fertility Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Adolescent Fertility Rate means: number of births to woman ages 15-19, expressed per 1.000 women of the same age. Adolescents' Food Communication in Social Media - a Theoretical Inquiry of the Why and How, the Law [...]...
68. Bruntland Commission Bruntland Commission or World Commission on Environment and Development (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Bruntland Commission (also World Commission on Environment and Development) means: stands for the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), known by the name [...]...
69. Development Subsidies Literature Review on Development Subsidies In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Hyungsun Ha offers the following summary about the topic of Development Subsidies: Development subsidies nowadays are defined in general terms and mean a form of financial [...]...
70. Sanctions United Nations Sanctions Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Sanctions , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Sanctions , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) Spanish [...]...
71. Terminology United Nations Terminology Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Terminology , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Terminology , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) [...]...
72. United Nations Environment Programme UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations Environment Programme , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including [...]...
73. United Nations Treaty Series UNTS – United Nations Treaty Series Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations Treaty Series , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including United Nations [...]...
74. Earned Income Earned Income (ppp Us$), Estimated (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Earned Income (ppp Us$), Estimated means: derived on the basis of the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage, the female and male shares of the economically active population, [...]...
75. International Fund for Agricultural Development International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): A specialized agency of the United Nations [...]...
76. Medicine Antimalarial Measures, Fevers Treated With Antimalarial Drugs (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Medicine means: the percentage of children under age five who were ill with fever in the two weeks before the survey and received antimalarial drugs. Antimalarial Measures, Use of [...]...
77. Unemployment Unemployment (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Unemployment means: refers to all people above a specified age who are not in paid employment or self-employed, but are available for work and have taken specific steps to seek paid employment or self-employment. Long-term [...]...
78. Career Development Literature Review on Career Development In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Career Development offers the following summary about the topic of Career Development: Career development is the process of setting developmental goals and of identifying training [...]...
79. Development International Law – Part 2 Contents Development International Law – Part 2   5 Introduction Law and Development Review Volume 4, Number 2, 2011 LAW ... Read more...
80. Development International Law – Part 22 Contents Development International Law – Part 22   201 Multilateral Development Banking: Environmental Principles and Concepts Reflecting General International Law ... Read more...
81. Developed Countries Summary of Developed Countries A generalized grouping of the industrialized nations. Customarily, the term is applied to those nations that are members of the organization for economic cooperation And Development (read this and related legal terms for further details) plus the [...]...
82. United Nations and Health Functions of the UN: Economic and Social Development HealthIntroduction to United Nations and HealthThe UN has recognized that adequate health and control of disease are essential to economic and social development. The World Health Organization (WHO) is the leading UN agency to ad......
83. Disarmament Disarmament Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Disarmament , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Disarmament , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) Embracing mainstream [...]...
84. United Nations University UNU – United Nations University Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations University , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including United Nations University [...]...
85. United Nations Volunteers UNV – United Nations Volunteers Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including United Nations Volunteers , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including United Nations Volunteers [...]...
86. Privatization Privatization (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Privatization means: the process of denationalization the means of production, or a lawful transferring of property from state ownership to non-state. In broad terms, it stands for the realization of complex legal and institutional [...]...
87. United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc) United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc) means: of the United Nations constitutes one of the six (one is not active at the moment) principal organs of the United Nations and it is [...]...
88. Urbanization Urbanization (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Urbanization means: refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and the suburbs of cities. Historically, it has been closely connected with industrialization. Resources See Also [...]...
89. Health Organisations Resources See Also United Nations Human Development Health...
90. Reproductive Health Reproductive Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Reproductive Health means: WHO's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health addresses the reproductive [...]...
91. Human Expenditure Human Expenditure Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Expenditure Ratio means: the percentage of national income devoted to human priority concerns....
92. Domestic Policy Space Recognised Policies Protecting Domestic Policy Space in International Economic Law In international economic law, recognised policies protecting domestic policy space includes the following legal areas, with coverage in this world legal encyclopedia: li> Public Morals Environmental Protection [...]...
93. Decentralization Decentralization (government) Introduction to Decentralization Decentralization (government), transfer of power from a central government to subordinate authorities. A decentralized government is the opposite of a centralized government, in which power is legally vested in the central [...]...
94. Development Development Research, Development Theories Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Development, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Development, Boczek, Boleslaw Adam [...]...
95. Developing Countries Developing Countries in International Trade Meaning of Developing Countries, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The developing countries generally lack a high degree of industrialization, infrastructure and other capital investment, sophisticated [...]...
96. Debt Service Total Debt Service (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Total Debt Service means: the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods or services on long-term debt (having a maturity of more than one year), interest paid on short-term debt and [...]...
97. Degradation Degradation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Degradation means: is a quantitative or qualitative deviation of something from its former state. The term is applicable to the components of the ecosystem (eg. D. of forest, D. of animal population of some areas), water bodies (eg, [...]...
98. Demographic Policy Demographic Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Demographic Policy means: a reasonable activity of state bodies and other social institutions in regulating the processes of reproduction. Demographic policy includes measures to control human reproduction, the attainment of [...]...
99. Depopulation Depopulation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Depopulation means: is the reduction of population over time in a region's census Resources See Also Population Population Planning Population Dynamics Population Structure...
100. Deprivation Deprivation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Deprivation means: loss of economic fundamentals (food, shelter, etc.), social (health, education, etc.) and other benefits....
101. Desertification Desertification (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Desertification means: transformation of arid and semiarid land into desert, generally due to overgrazing, deforestation, poor irrigation and tilling practices, climate change, or a combination of these factors. Embracing [...]...
102. Development Assistance Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services means: ODA directed to basic social services, which include basic education (primary education, early childhood [...]...
103. Discrimination Summary of Discrimination Unequal treatment in the duties, quotas, or administrative controls accorded to the products of one or more nations. Generally speaking, any nation which does not enjoy most FAVORED NATION (read this and related legal terms for further details) status is the subject [...]...
104. Decolonization Functions of the UN: Decolonization Introduction to Decolonization At the end of World War II (1939-1945), the great powers held vast colonial empires in the developing world. One goal of the UN charter was decolonization-ending the practice of colonialism. The Trusteeship Council was [...]...
105. Democratization Political Science: Recent Trends Democracy and DemocratizationIntroduction to DemocratizationDuring the 1980s and 1990s increasing numbers of political scientists studied democracy and its development in societies that had formerly been ruled by authoritarian governments. The wave ......
106. Depository Libraries Depository Libraries Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Depository Libraries , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Depository Libraries , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) ...
107. Development Cooperation Development Cooperation of the United Nations System Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Development Cooperation, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Development [...]...
108. Demografy Model of Demografic Transition (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Model of Demografic Transition means: is an empirical description of the dynamics of demographic change on the basis of fertility and mortality rates that occur as countries develop from pre-industrial to [...]...
109. Demographic Statistics Demographic Statistics (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Demographic Statistics means: area of socio-economic statistics dealing with the application of statistical methods for data collection, processing, presentation and analysis of data on the size, composition, distribution [...]...
110. Density Physical Density (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Physical Density means: number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, expressed per 10,000 people....
111. Dependency Ratio Dependency Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Dependency Ratio means: ratio of the population ages 0-14 and ages 65 and older to the working - age population (ages 15-64), expressed as dependants per 100 people ages 15-64....
112. Disaggregation Disaggregation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Disaggregation means: _ process of calculating indicators for different geographic subregions, ethnic groups and minorities, genders and income classes, among other classifications, whereby potential areas of inequality can be [...]...
113. Disposable Income Gross National Disposable Income (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Gross National Disposable Income means: derived from gross national income by adding current transfers from the rest of the world minus current transfers to the rest of the world (including net value of [...]...
114. Distance Learning Distance Learning (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Distance Learning means: a student works and studies at the same time, and the educational institution is located in a different place. Distance learning is based on using modern information technologies and telecommunication [...]...
115. Divergence Divergence (ecological) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Divergence (ecological) means: 1. is the separation of one community into two by the impact of internal or external factors; 2. is the divergence of morpho-physiological traits in new generations genetically taken from [...]...
116. Drawing Rights Special Drawing Rights (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Special Drawing Rights means: are supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets defined and maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Not a currency, SDRs instead represent a claim to currency held by IMF member [...]...
117. Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts Contents Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts   Entered into force: 3 December 1968 The Contracting ... Read more...
118. Development International Law – Part 7 Contents Development International Law – Part 7   66 The Politics of Law: How Competing Politics Influence the Development of ... Read more...
119. Development International Law – Part 20 Contents Development International Law – Part 20   185 Prospects for Principles of International Sustainable Development Law after the WSSD: ... Read more...
120. Deadweight Tonnage The capacity of a vessel to carry cargo, water, passengers, and stores when loaded to her maximum draft, expressed in long tons.......