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Asian Economic Crisis

Causes, Consequences and Policy Lessons

Series: Development Papers
( Print: July 2000 )

The objective of the study is to promote better and wider understanding of the causes of the 1997 Asian economic crisis and to reflect on lessons that could be drawn for formulating policy responses...

The objective of the study is to promote better and wider understanding of the causes of the 1997 Asian economic crisis and to reflect on lessons that could be drawn for formulating policy responses...


Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 1998

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: October 1999 )

This annual report includes up-to-date statistics on 56 countries of the region. A wealth of data can be found for each country on topics such as: population, manpower, national accounts, agriculture...

This annual report includes up-to-date statistics on 56 countries of the region. A wealth of data can be found for each country on topics such as: population, manpower, national accounts, agriculture...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2001

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: December 2002, PDF: October 2006 )

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...


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Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016

Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights

Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: July 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

This UN Women’s flagship report shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the...

This UN Women’s flagship report shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the...


Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 1997

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: September 1998 )

This annual report includes up-to-date statistics on 56 countries of the region. A wealth of data can be found for each country on topics such as: population, manpower, national accounts, agriculture...

This annual report includes up-to-date statistics on 56 countries of the region. A wealth of data can be found for each country on topics such as: population, manpower, national accounts, agriculture...


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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...


Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2000

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: October 2001 )

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...


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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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Export Diversification and Economic Growth

The Experience of Selected Least Developed Countries

Series: Development Papers
( Print: February 2005 )

It is generally agreed that export diversification in terms of both non-traditional and traditional commodities is critical to growth and development in small, low-income economies such as least...

It is generally agreed that export diversification in terms of both non-traditional and traditional commodities is critical to growth and development in small, low-income economies such as least...


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Income Generation and Poverty Reduction

Experiences of Selected Asian Countries

Series: Development Papers
( Print: June 2006, PDF: October 2006 )

The present volume of Development Papers addresses the subjects of poverty alleviation and income and employment generation in selected Asian Countries. It is based on country assessment studies...

The present volume of Development Papers addresses the subjects of poverty alleviation and income and employment generation in selected Asian Countries. It is based on country assessment studies...


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Microfinance for Poverty Reduction

Building Inclusive Financial Sectors in Asia and the Pacific

Series: Development Papers
( Print: January 2007, PDF: October 2006 )

The Asia Pacific region holds two thirds of the world’s poor. Over the past few decades the region has seen the development of microfinance institutions which offer a wide variety of financial...

The Asia Pacific region holds two thirds of the world’s poor. Over the past few decades the region has seen the development of microfinance institutions which offer a wide variety of financial...


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Progress of the World's Women 2005

Women, Work and Poverty

Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: October 2005 )

2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...

2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...


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Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020

Families in a Changing World

Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: August 2019, PDF: June 2019 )

This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including...

This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2003

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: January 2005, PDF: October 2006 )

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...


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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2002

Series: Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
( Print: December 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...

The Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of statistical tables relating to ESCAP region. It provides each country's data in a single section: population, manpower, national accounts...


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Rural Development and Poverty in South Asia

Series: Development Papers
( Print: June 2004 )

This paper discusses efforts to promote rural development in the countries of South Asia whose economies remain heavily dependent on their agricultural production. The report also examines the impact...

This paper discusses efforts to promote rural development in the countries of South Asia whose economies remain heavily dependent on their agricultural production. The report also examines the impact...


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Integrating Economic and Environmental Policies

The Case of Pacific Island Countries

Series: Development Papers
( Print: November 2005, PDF: October 2006 )

Countries have increasingly recognized that integration of economic and environmental considerations is an imminent challenge in formulating effective sustainable development policies. This volume...

Countries have increasingly recognized that integration of economic and environmental considerations is an imminent challenge in formulating effective sustainable development policies. This volume...