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UNEP RRC.AP Publications
  • Guidelines for Developing the National Sustainable Development Strategy (Ref: UNEP/NSDS/March 2006)
  • Training Manual on NSDS (Eng / Rus)
  • Subregional Sustainable Development Strategy(SSDS)
  • National Sustainable Development Strategy(NSDS)
  • National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD)
  • Sustainable Development Pathways (http://www.ekh.unep.org/?q=taxonomy_menu/22/171)
  • UNEP (2003). Strategy Paper on National Sustainable Development Strategy in Asia and Pacific. UNEP RRC.AP. June 2003
  • UNEP (2003). Strategy Paper on National Council for Sustainable Development in Asia and Pacific. UNEP RRC.AP. June 2003
  • UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for Central Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004
  • UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for Northeast Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004
  • UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for South Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004.
  • UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for Southeast Asia. UNEP RRC.AP. 2004
  • UNEP (2004). Sustainable Development Priorities for South Pacific. UNEP RRC.AP. 200
  • UNEP (1995). Poverty and the Environment. UNEP. Nairobi, Kenya, 1995
Central Asia
EU
  • Barry Dalal-Clayton (2004). The EU Strategy for Sustainable Development: Process and Prospects. Strategies, Planning and Assessment Programme: IIED. Environmental Planning Issues No. 27
  • SDS version for EU countries
Europe
  • Bruntland, G. (ed.) (1987). Our common future: The World Commission on Environment and Development, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • IUCN: The World Conservation Union & IIED (1994). Strategies for National Sustainable Development- A Handbook for their Planning and Implementation. Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, in association with IUCN and IIED, 1994.
  • IUCN, UNEP, and WWF (1991). Summary: Caring for the Earth. A Strategy for Sustainable Living. Gland, Switzerland, October 1991.
  • Norway's action plan for sustainable development
  • OECD/UNDP (2002). Sustainable Development Strategies: A Resource Book. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and United Nations Development Programme in association with Earthscan Publications, London, England
  • OECD/DAC (2001). The DAC Guidelines: Strategies for Sustainable Development: Guidance for Development Cooperation. Development Cooperation Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris. (available on www.SourchOECD.org or http://www.nssd.net).
  • Sida (2002). Perspectives on Poverty. Printed by Edita Sverige AB 2003.32862.
  • Sweden's National Strategy for Sustainable Development
  • UK Sustainable Development Commission
Europe
  • Bruntland, G. (ed.) (1987). Our common future: The World Commission on Environment and Development, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • IUCN: The World Conservation Union & IIED (1994). Strategies for National Sustainable Development- A Handbook for their Planning and Implementation. Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, in association with IUCN and IIED, 1994.
  • IUCN, UNEP, and WWF (1991). Summary: Caring for the Earth. A Strategy for Sustainable Living. Gland, Switzerland, October 1991.
  • Norway's action plan for sustainable development
  • OECD/UNDP (2002). Sustainable Development Strategies: A Resource Book. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and United Nations Development Programme in association with Earthscan Publications, London, England
  • OECD/DAC (2001). The DAC Guidelines: Strategies for Sustainable Development: Guidance for Development Cooperation. Development Cooperation Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris. (available on www.SourchOECD.org or http://www.nssd.net).
  • Sida (2002). Perspectives on Poverty. Printed by Edita Sverige AB 2003.32862.
  • Sweden's National Strategy for Sustainable Development
  • UK Sustainable Development Commission
Middle East

Additional Resource:

  • Brown, Lester R. (2003). Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in trouble. Earth Policy Institute, NY 2003.
  • Enriquez, Juan (2001). As the Future Catches You. First American Edition. Crown Business, New York, 2001.
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF) (2002). The Challenge of Sustainability. Published on September 2002, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • UN DESA (2002). JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT 2002. National Implementation of Agenda 21: A Report. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development National Information Analysis Unit , New York, August 2002. (available on www.johannesburgsummit.org).
  • UNDP (2001). UNDP Support for Poverty Reduction Strategies. The PRSP Countries- Interim Report. United Nations Development Programme, New York, September 2001.
    http://www.undp.org/poverty/publications/docs/Poverty_UNDP_Support_to_PRS_Sep2001.pdf
  • UNDP/UNEP/World Bank/World Resources Institute (2002-2004). A Guide to World Resources 2002-2004. Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power. World Resoruces Institute, Washington, D.C. Full Report Forthcoming February 2003.
  • UNESCAP/ADB (2000). State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific. United Nations New York, 2000; pp. 161
North East Asia
OECD
  • OECD Strategies for Sustainable Development
  • Synthesis Report for Asia and the Pacific
  • OECD (2001). Systematic Approach for Formulation of NSDS. Source: OECD 2001.
  • OECD/DAC (2001). The DAC Guidelines: Strategies for Sustainable Development: Guidance for Development Cooperation. Development Cooperation Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris. (available on www.SourchOECD.org or http://www.nssd.net).
South Africa
South Asia
  • HMG/Nepal Capacity 21/UNDP (2000). Sustainable Community Development Programme (Nepal Capacity 21). Annual Report 2000: Nepal, 2000.
  • HMGN/NPC/MOPE (2003). Sustainable Development Agenda for Nepal, 32 Pages. Published by: His Majesty's Government of Nepal Singha Durbar, Katmandu Nepal.
  • Kinga, Sonam; Galay, Karma; Rapten, Phuntsho; and Pain, Adam. Gross National Happiness. The Centre for Bhutan Studies. Thimphu, Bhutan, July, 1999.
South East Asia
  • ADB (2001). Moving the Poverty Reduction Agenda Forward in Asia and the Pacific: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank (2001-2015). ADB, Manila, Philippines. March 2001.
  • ADB (2003). Review of the Asian Development Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy- Progress Report. ADB. Manila. 2003.
  • Isberto, Ester C. (1998). The Philippine Council for Sustainable Development: Like Cooking Rice Cakes. World resources Institute (WRI), September 1998. (See: http://pdf.wri.org/ncsd_philippines.pdf).
  • National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan (1998). The Middle path. National Environment Strategy for Bhutan. Keen Publishing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Thailand.
  • PRSP Vietnam
  • Thai Environment And Community Development Association (TECDA). The Magic Eyes Story.
  • The Philippine Agenda 21
  • UNDP (2001). United Nations Development Programme Project of The Government of Vietnam, November 2001-December 2005. http://www.undp.org.vn/undp/prog/prodocs/env/vie01021.pdf
The World Bank
West Africa
  • UN DESA (2002). Report of the International Forum on National Sustainable Development Strategies. Accra, Ghana, 7-9 November 2001.
UN
UN DESA
  • UN DESA (2002). Formulating Strategy. Source: UN DESA 2002.
  • UN DESA (2002). Strategies and Policies. Source: UN DESA 2002.
UNDP
  • UNDP (1999-2000). NCSD REPORT 1999-2000. National Experiences of Integrative, Multi-Stakeholder Process for Sustainable Development. Earth Council 'NCSD Report 1999-2000' Editorial Team.
Others