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Part I of this report assesses trends and developments in regional trade and investment flows and policies in an attempt to provide the insights and information necessary to separate the cyclical from...

The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) is a major annual publication of the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of United Nations ESCAP. It aims to deepen understanding of trends...

This report aims to deepen understanding of trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade...

This study examines current trends in tourism and agriculture in Caribbean countries and the strategy for linking them in order to facilitate their future development. Increased linkage between...

Digital technologies are revolutionizing the landscape of international trade and investment. As digital trade gains momentum, disparities in readiness are accentuating pre-existing inequalities...

This report aims at deepening understanding of trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region. It looks at emerging issues in trade, investment and...

When the economic crisis hit Asia and the Pacific in the course of 2008, exports and economic growth rates tumbled while unemployment rose sharply and results for 2009 look set to be even worse. The...

This report identifies the challenges and opportunities for trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region concluding that with the right policies and strengthened regional cooperation, the region...

This document gives a general regional overview of Caribbean economies in 2006, based on preliminary data and focused on the CARICOM economies, with the exception of Haiti. It contains individual...

The purpose of this study is to take stock of the regulatory coordination among the NAFTA economies on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and to identify ways to move forward to advance market...

This paper explores the important link between nutrition, gender and poverty in the Caribbean Sun region. The paper illustrates the central role that women play in the nutrition of their children and...

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...

The aim of this document is to present an analysis of debt by using a consistent stock-flow model and to apply it to the Caribbean case. The document is divided into four sections presenting the facts...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

This report identifies the challenges and opportunities for trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region concluding that with the right policies and strengthened regional cooperation, the region...