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United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Proposes an illustrative ‘build forward better’ policy package for resilient post-COVID-19 economies that aims to ensure universal access to healthcare and social protection, close the digital divide, and strengthen climate…
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Official records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2016.
Chronicles the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s achievements and future goals, against a backdrop of major global shifts sweeping across the economic, social and…
Presents official Records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2017.
Shows that the current strong economic performance in the Asia-Pacific region provides an opportune time for governments to initiate policies that can make economies resilient, inclusive and sustainable. The report…
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The Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report is a recurrent ESCAP annual publication that discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and…
Explores the key areas around which regional platforms can rally interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral solutions for the ocean. The publication highlights the lack of data and statistics on the ocean, the…
MSMEs are an important engine of economic growth and development due to their large share in total employment and their participation in production value chains and trade. As this publication…
The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2022 analyses regional and subregional progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. This publication applies a measurement framework developed…
The UN-ESCAP (and its predecessor UN-ECAFE) has been ahead of the curve in shaping the ideas on economic and social development in the Asia-Pacific region through its annual economic and…
Examines recent developments in corporate social responsibility (CSR), with particular attention to the growing role of impact investment and the need for greater convergence of global CSR instruments. It also…
Assesses the region’s outlook as it navigates through global uncertainties, providing policy options and strategies to support countries in striving towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The report analyses a…
Reviews the status of digital frontier technologies in the Asia-Pacific region. The report stresses that the policy framework for the next generation of technology and innovation should focus on creating…
Explores effective ways to address the challenge for simultaneous implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific least developed countries. For that…
Presents a strategy towards the creation of a region-wide electricity market built on a unified grid. The report provides contextual analyses of the benefits and challenges to grid interconnection, outlines…
Addresses global and regional trends and opportunities on development cooperation; the ENEA experience in development cooperation; issues and challenges of development cooperation in the subregion; and enhancing development cooperation to…
Presents a broad description of Arab society and the ways in which it is changing. The publication focuses on population dynamics, household composition, family formation, housing conditions, health, education, labour…
Focusing on population dynamics, household composition, family formation, housing conditions, health, COVID19, education, labour, poverty, inequality and culture and social participation, this report presents a broad illustration of Arab society…
Since early 2020, COVID-19 has triggered unprecedented and globally-synchronized health, social and economic crises. With hard-won development gains and progress in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the…
This publication is to understand why countries in the Asia and Pacific region were significantly less affected by the global financial crisis than the world’s most advanced economies of Europe…
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Examines the state of resilience of the region vis-a-vis the Sustainable Development Goals and targets relating to disaster risk reduction. The report highlights tools and approaches for resilience-building focusing on…
This publication brings together case studies from five different countries in Southeast and East Asia to examine the impact of IT-based trade facilitation measures already implemented, with a specific focus…
Discusess issues of interest for the region’s countries with special needs. This report offers an analytical background for the multidimensional linkages between peace and sustainable development and attempts to categorize…
Analyses the importance of effective government actions and the role of fiscal, monetary/financial and structural policies in enhancing inclusiveness, keeping in view the considerable impacts of COVID-19 on inclusiveness and…
Socially responsible business (SRB) is an approach in which for-profit businesses are proactively operating and undertaking projects that are aligned to achieving the long-term economic, social and environmental objectives of…
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Describes pathways to achieve more inclusive and sustainable post-pandemic recovery in Asia and the Pacific. The publication identifies elements for a common agenda centred on protecting people and planet, leveraging…
Despite consensus on the transformative potential of STI, there remains a lack of clarity on how Least Developed Countries (LDCs) can effectively implement it for inclusive and sustainable development. This…
A suite of products comprising at its core a review of SDG data availability in the Asia-Pacific region. Using SDG data from custodian agencies, the report proposes a method to…
Explores critical and emerging policy opportunities to realize urban sustainability for the Asian and Pacific region. The report informs policies and actions from a sustainable development perspective, putting cities at…
Argues that policymakers in Asia and the Pacific need to take urgent actions to transition national energy sectors to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The energy sector transition is…
One in every six persons in Asia and the Pacific has some form of disability. This amounts to 650 million men, women and children. This publication presents the first regional…
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International trade has been placed prominently into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015, as an engine for economic growth and development.
Reports on trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies, and the impacts of these policies…
Provides a data-supported overview and insight for policy makers towards accomplishing seamless intermodal freight transport connectivity across key economic, social and environmental dimensions.
Comprises four selected research essays on different aspects of trade and industry issues that are of significance and interest to researchers and policy analysts alongside policy makers in the Asian…
Provides an analysis of the rise of non-tariff measures and its implications for Asia and the Pacific. Prepared by ESCAP and UNCTAD, the report reviews the costs and benefits associated…
Offers an evidence-based look at progress at the regional and country level, providing an overview of long-term trends since 1990, and focuses on progress achieved in the period 2012-2014. The…
Discusses the key contribution of transport to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific. This review looks at emerging trends in transport in the region…
This latest biennial review sets out transport developments in the ESCAP region, focusing on trade trends and forecasts, and their effect on transport, while also taking into account the external…
Offers analytical studies and policy recommendations for Pacific small island developing States to successfully manage their vast ocean resources and, in turn, maintain healthy blue economy sectors, such as coastal…
Produced in connection with the global midterm review of the Vienna Programme of Action for LLDCs 2014-2024, this publication explores structural transformation for poverty reduction in Asia’s landlocked developing countrites…
Provides policymakers, business communities, development organisations, and other interested parties with a thorough overview of the private sector environment in Myanmar today. It outlines the challenges faced by businesses, elaborates…
Presents the latest macroeconomic trends, identifies emerging risks and challenges, and takes stock of fiscal, monetary and structural policy developments in the region, providing recommendations for policymakers and other relevant…
Seeks to support policymakers in promoting accessibility at a policy and practical level. It contains information on relevant global and regional mandates that support and promote disability-inclusive development and accessibility…
Discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, collectively referred to as countries with special needs (CSN). This edition offers an…
