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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2013

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: February 2014, PDF: December 2013 )

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2014

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: March 2015, PDF: December 2014 )

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015

Facts and Trends at the Outset of the 2030 Development Agenda

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: May 2016, PDF: July 2016 )

The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. For the first...

The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. For the first...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2016

SDG Baseline Report

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: August 2017, PDF: August 2017 )

The main objective of the Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2016: SDG Baseline Report is to highlight critical gaps and challenges of the region in achieving the SDGs and inform inter...

The main objective of the Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2016: SDG Baseline Report is to highlight critical gaps and challenges of the region in achieving the SDGs and inform inter...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2017

Measuring SDG Progress in Asia and the Pacific - Is there Enough Data?

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: March 2018, PDF: February 2018 )

This yearbook is structured as a suite of products comprising at its core a review of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) data availability in the Asia-Pacific region. Using SDG data from custodian...

This yearbook is structured as a suite of products comprising at its core a review of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) data availability in the Asia-Pacific region. Using SDG data from custodian...


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Cambio y oportunidad

la responsabilidad social corporativa como fuente de competitividad en pequeñas y medianas empresas...

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: April 2010 )

Este trabajo forma parte del proyecto de OEA-CEPAL-YABT, Promoción de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en América Latina y el Caribe. El objetivo del proyecto es...

Este trabajo forma parte del proyecto de OEA-CEPAL-YABT, Promoción de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en América Latina y el Caribe. El objetivo del proyecto es...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2008

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: October 2009, PDF: August 2009 )

This is the second issue of the new Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific. Rich in information content, the Yearbook includes data, charts and a textual overview of well over 200 indicators...

This is the second issue of the new Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific. Rich in information content, the Yearbook includes data, charts and a textual overview of well over 200 indicators...


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The Global Financial Crisis

What Happened and What's Next

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: May 2009, PDF: September 2011 )

This paper examines the events that led the global economy to the current crisis. It starts by looking at the current debate about the causes of this crisis, listing the elements most explanations...

This paper examines the events that led the global economy to the current crisis. It starts by looking at the current debate about the causes of this crisis, listing the elements most explanations...


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Population Ageing in the Caribbean

A Four Country Study

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: March 2008 )

The publication contains a study of population ageing in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago While the Caribbean is still characterized by a...

The publication contains a study of population ageing in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago While the Caribbean is still characterized by a...


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Latin America

the Missing Financial Crisis

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: April 2010 )

The current episode (2007-09) may well be the first time since Latin America gained its independence in the early 1800s that a major economic contraction and financial calamity in the industrialized...

The current episode (2007-09) may well be the first time since Latin America gained its independence in the early 1800s that a major economic contraction and financial calamity in the industrialized...


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Disability in the Caribbean

A Study of Four Countries - A Socio-demographic Analysis of the Disabled

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: September 2008 )

The paper presents an overview of definitions and concepts applied by the United Nations and further describes different concepts and methodologies that are available to quantify and measure...

The paper presents an overview of definitions and concepts applied by the United Nations and further describes different concepts and methodologies that are available to quantify and measure...


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The Migration of Health Care Workers in the Western Hemisphere

Issues and Impacts

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: December 2010 )

Health care migration is a large and global business. Recruitment is decentralized, involves both public and private sector entrepreneurs, and is difficult to regulate. The countries of the Western...

Health care migration is a large and global business. Recruitment is decentralized, involves both public and private sector entrepreneurs, and is difficult to regulate. The countries of the Western...


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Exploring Policy Linkages Between Poverty, Crime and Violence

A look at Three Caribbean States

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: May 2009 )

The impact of crime and violence on the social, economic and political development of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is well documented. The paper begins with definitions and...

The impact of crime and violence on the social, economic and political development of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is well documented. The paper begins with definitions and...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2009

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: August 2010, PDF: August 2010 )

The Yearbook is a leading regional reference on Asia and the Pacific. It is aimed at a non-specialized audience that is interested in the Asian and Pacific region – in its people, economies and...

The Yearbook is a leading regional reference on Asia and the Pacific. It is aimed at a non-specialized audience that is interested in the Asian and Pacific region – in its people, economies and...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2011

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: February 2012, PDF: December 2011 )

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2012

Country profiles

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: May 2013, PDF: December 2012 )

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...

This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the...


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Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Enterprises in the Caribbean

Survey Results

Series: Studies and Perspectives
( Print: October 2008 )

The survey provides specific information from the sample of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Caribbean firms for creating a detailed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) database. It captures...

The survey provides specific information from the sample of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Caribbean firms for creating a detailed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) database. It captures...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2007

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: May 2008, PDF: March 2008 )

The monitoring of social, economic and environmental development requires the use of data that is comparable across countries and over time. For the first time in its 50-year history, the Yearbook...

The monitoring of social, economic and environmental development requires the use of data that is comparable across countries and over time. For the first time in its 50-year history, the Yearbook...