• Education and Employment are Key Concerns for Youth
• Involving Businesses in HRD
• Training the Unemployable
• Training Out-of-School Youth in the Solomon Islands

HEALTH ISSUES

• Health: A Key Issue for All
• Telling Philippine Youth What They Need to Know
• Fighting HIV/AIDS in India
• Training Young Women in Family Planning
• Establishing Basic Health Services in the Philippines

YOUTH ISSUES

• Crisis in Asia: Young People and Change
• Asia-Pacific Position for the World Conference of Ministers on Youth Adopted
• Two Regional Youth Meetings Concluded this Month
• Good Governance is Key to Implementing Child Rights
• Assessment of National Youth Policies for Further Implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond
• Youth and Urbanization: A Double-Edged Sword
• Providing Quality Education for Young People
• Trust: Essential for Participation of Youth
• National Youth Policies: An Overview
• Setting Up A Youth Policy in Malaysia
• Sarvodaya: Mobilizing Youth for Community Development
• Key Concerns for Youth: Education and Employment
• The World Programme of Action for Youth
• The Young People of Cambodia
• Participation of Youth
• World Youth Forum: One Young Person in Every Delegation

CHILDREN IN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES (CEDC)

• A Primer on Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children and Youth
  • Introduction
  • Definition of Terms
  • The Asian Context
  • The World Congress
  • The Declaration and Agenda for Action
  • Recommendations
  • Links
• Interview: Global Solutions for a Global Problem
• Strengthening Capabilities to Combat Sexual Abuse and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth
• Good Governance is Key to Implementing Child Rights
• Panel Discussion on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
• ESCAP Adopts Resolution on Elimination of Sexual Abuse of Children and Youth
• Full text of resolution on sexual abuse

CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR HRD

• Bangladesh: Providing Small Credit for Higher Income
• Empowering Village Societies in Bangladesh
• Eliminating Rural Poverty in China
• Papua New Guinea: Providing Credit for Women
• Philippines: Making Food-for-Work Work
• Sri Lanka: A Bottom-Up Approach towards Poverty Alleviation
• ESCAP Sets Training Agenda
• HRD is a Good Strategy to Fight Poverty
• Involving Businesses in HRD
• Working with Women in Poverty
• Registering NGOs

PUBLICATIONS

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ESCAP HRD AWARD

• 1998 ESCAP HRD Award on Adult Education is Now Closed for Applications
• Bangkok Slum Organization Wins 1997 ESCAP HRD Award
• Background of the 1997 ESCAP HRD Award
• A Case Study of Sungi Development Foundation, Winner of the 1996 ESCAP HRD Award
• A Photo Portrait of Sungi
• Sungi Development Foundation: Winner of the 1996 ESCAP HRD Award (Press Release)
• Theme of the 1996 Award: Community Participation
• Past Winners of the Award
• Training the Unemployable - Portrait of the Barefoot College, Winner of the 1995 Award

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

• About our network of centres of excellence on HRD research and training
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ESCAP HRD NEWSLETTER ON-LINE

HRD Profiles

• HRD Profile: Central Asian Republics - Maintaining HRD Services
• HRD Profile: South Asia - Learn More, Read More
• HRD Profile: Thailand - The Tiger Goes Back to School
• HRD Profile: Viet Nam - Striving for Growth
• HRD Profile: the Pacific - Where are the Jobs?

Interviews

• Economic Crisis and New Challenges for Thailand - Interview with Ammar Siamwalla
• Global Solutions for a Global Problem - Interview with Vitit Muntabhorn
• "The Business Sector is out There to be Used!" - Interview with Mechai Viravaidya
• Reforming the Civil Service - Interview with Corazon de Leon
• Understanding the Concerns of Young People - Interviews with Four Experts
• Miracle! or Just Hard Work - Four Opinions on Neck-Breaking Asian Growth

Other features

• Asia-Pacific Position for the World Conference of Ministers on Youth Adopted
• Two Regional Youth Meetings Concluded
• Good Governance is Key to Implementing Child Rights
• Panel Discussion on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
• Strengthening Capabilities to Combat Sexual Abuse and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth
• A University with Millions of Students - Profile of Shanghai TV University
• Education in a Region of Change - Interview with Victor Ordonez, regional director of UNESCO
• HRD a Key for (Sub-) Regional Cooperation
• CCA and EZE to Fund New HRD Project for Youth
• ESCAP Sets Training Agenda
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