UNRISD - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

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The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development( UNRISD) is an autonomous research institute within the framework of the United Nations, and funded entirely by voluntary contributions.  

UNRISD conducts multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Its work is coordinated with relevant specialized agencies. 

UNRISD was founded in 1963 as part of the United Nations Development Decade. It is located in Geneva.

 

Documentation

The UNRISD official web site provides an overview of ongoing and completed research projects, background information, news, list of publications and  full text reports. 

A number of UNRISD research reports in print are available at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and in the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva

The Executive Board of UNITAR submits an annual report to ECOSOC in the documentary series General Assembly Official Records, Supplements. It provides a summary of UNITAR's programme and activities with references to relevant documents and reports. A complete collection of the reports in print is included in the UN collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. The latest report is posted online at the UNITAR official web site

A summary of the work of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research for a given year with references to essential documents can be accessed through the Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Three, Social Questions, Human resource development. A complete collection of yearbooks is held  by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.  

Databases and Indexes

References to UNRISD documents and reports from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years can be accessed through the United Nations online catalogue - UNBISnet.  


Printed Indexes
 
References to all UNRISD documents and reports are published in the United Nations Documents Index. A complete collection of indexes is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in
New York and Geneva.  
     

Text: Gunnel Torén | Dag Hammarskjöld Library | Latest update: 29/06/2011