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United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Underlines that the Sustainable Development Goals will only be achieved when key Asia-Pacific megatrends are managed in a way that creates opportunities for achieving sustainable development outcomes. It supports national…
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Explores ways to adapt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the unique circumstances, capacities and levels of development of the Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)…
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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.
Comprehensively assesses the current status of paperless trade in the region and beyond, elaborates on the need for having regional arrangements to facilitate cross-border paperless trade, and provides specific direction…
Official records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2016.
This report aims to deepen understanding of trends and developments in trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies, and impacts of…
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…
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…
Regional economic cooperation and integration (RECI) offers enormous potential in generating trade, growth and employment, improving social outcomes and managing environmental risks and shared vulnerabilities. This presents the possibility to…
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…
Gives policy makers an overview of the evolution of science, technology and innovation (STI) policies in a selected number of East Asian countries. The experiences of these countries can serve…
The Asia-Pacific region is home to five of the world’s ten countries most affected by climate risks. Against such a backdrop, bold and wise policies are needed to maintain growth…
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…
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…
Economic policymaking in Asia-Pacific developing countries has, understandably, long been focused on maximising economic growth, given the imperatives of poverty reduction and job creation. The 2020 survey identifies the constraints…
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…
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…
Provides information to countries in the development and management of their geospatial information resources, to integrate new and innovative approaches for evidence-based decision-making, highlighting relevant country situations and circumstances.
The water and energy nexus regional policy toolkit was prepared as part of the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) project on developing the capacity of ESCWA Member Countries to address…
ESCWA is implementing a UN Development Account (DA) Project on Developing the Capacities of ESCWA Member Countries to Address the Water and Energy Nexus for Achieving Sustainable Developing Goals .
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…
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…
Focuses on the consequences of non-tariff measures (NTMs) for developing economies and also South-South trade. It provides an overview of global and regional trends, and surveys methodological problems when evaluating…
Official records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2015.
A comprehensive analysis and assessment of sustainable urban development in the Asia and Pacific region at a time of great disruption and uncertainty resulting from multiple interlinked global crises in…
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…
The achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) - ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030 - is challenging for the region. The…
Future Trade Research Areas That Matter to Developing Country Policymakers: A Regional Perspective on the Doha Development Agenda and Beyond .
This is the annual report of the United Nations ESCAP.
Trade and investment are engines of growth for the Asia and the Pacific and enabled them to significantly reduce poverty during the past two decades. However, the performance of the…
Mia Overall,United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Natural resources represent a large share of FDI inflows to the Asia-Pacific region. Covered in this study are oil, gas, mining, hydropower, and large tract plantations such as palm oil…
Witada Anukoonwattaka,United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Focuses on how new patterns of production and trade influence the effects of exchange rates on international trade flows of manufactured goods, and draws attention to several ways in which…
United Nations Environment Programme,United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
This report provides a concise summary of the elements necessary for integrating REDD+ into a Green Economy. It provides policymakers with innovative ideas for supporting economic development while maintaining or…
United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Outlines a framework for integrated agrifood information management, taking into account the functional needs of various stakeholders along the supply chain. The benefits as well as challenges involved in developing…
After more than a decade of negotiations, the Ninth Ministerial Conference, held in Bali in 2013, brought reprieve for the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). The Ministerial Declaration that was agreed…
Witada Anukoonwattaka,United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,Adam Heal
Explores the linkages between trade, labour mobility and development in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper moves from an analysis of recent trends in regional labour mobility through an examination of…
Yann Duval,United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,Amandeep Saggu
This publication evaluates the current level of trade costs in the Asia-Pacific region and outlines recent evidence with regard to the impacts of various trade facilitation measures in reducing trade…
Reviews the state of play in implementation of trade facilitation and paperless trade in the Asia and the Pacific region. This report also provides estimates of the trade cost reduction…
Yann Duval,United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,Tengfei Wang
This book features the results of the 2015 UNRC Joint Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation for the Asia-Pacific Region and incorporates them into an econometric analysis estimating…
Asia has overtaken the EU as Latin America and the Caribbean’s second largest export market. This book explores the present and future scope for the participation of small and medium-sized…
Rafael Sarda (ESADE Business School, Spain),Stefano Pogutz,Kilaparti Ramakrishna (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, South Korea)
This book critically discusses key concepts and topics related to corporate sustainability, with a focus on corporate sustainability strategies and corporate value chains. It introduces ideas from global ecology and…
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United Nations
This journal, published twice a year, provides a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social development issues and concerns…
Published twice a year, this journal aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for…
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Published twice a year by the United Nations ESCAP, APSDJ is the continuation of ESCAP's Asia Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) with explicit recognition of sustainable development in line with the…
Issued twice a year, the Asia-Pacific Population Journal is an invaluable resource containing opinions and analysis by experts on important issues related to population. It provides a medium for the…
This journal is published twice yearly and aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda…
