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ADDRESS CHALLENGES POP AGEING

Addressing the Challenges of Population Ageing in Asia and the Pacific

Implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

1 Dec 2017
The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing profound and rapid population changes. All countries in Asia and the Pacific are in the process of ageing at an unprecedented pace, although the timing and pace of this transition varies across the region. The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MI...
ASIA PACIF POP JRNL V32 #1 2017

Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 32 No. 1, August 2017

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Asia-Pacific Population Journal
4 Jan 2018
Issued two times 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 international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on all ...
TRANS CORP V24 #1 APR 2015

Transnational Corporations Vol.24 No.1, April 2015

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Transnational Corporations
18 Dec 2017
Transnational Corporations is a policy-oriented journal that serves as a specialized forum for the publication of research on the activities of transactional corporations and their implication for economic development. Volume 24 Number 1 is a special issue on the theme of India's multinational en...
LEAST DEV CTRIES RPT 2017

The Least Developed Countries Report 2017

Transformational Energy Access

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Least Developed Countries Report
17 Jan 2018
This report focuses on the role of access to modern energy in economic structural transformation - a critical issue both for the least developed countries (LDCs) and for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report focuses on the particular circumstances, challenges and experiences of ...
ASIA PACIF DISASTER RPT 2017

Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2017

Leave No One Behind - Disaster Resilience for Sustainable Development

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Asia-Pacific Disaster Report
4 Jan 2018
This report examines the state of resilience of the region vis-à-vis the goals and targets relating to disaster risk reduction. It highlights some of the tools and approaches for resilience-building focusing on those that could possibly offer transformative shifts to achieve those goals and targe...
STAT YRBK ASIA PACIF 2016

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2016

SDG Baseline Report

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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
15 Aug 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-governmental and inter-agency regional decision making in support of implementing the 2030 developmen...
GUIDE DE L’EXPORTATEUR COTON

Guide de l’exportateur de coton

31 Dec 2007
Guide offrant une vue détaillée de tous les aspects de la chaîne de valeur du coton - présente une vue d'ensemble du marché mondial du coton (production, con sommation et commerce); met en exergue les facteurs qui influencent l'offre et la demande, ainsi que les tendances du marché; examine les d...
SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL DEV ASIA PACI

Sustainable Social Development in Asia and the Pacific

Towards a People-centred Transformation

22 Sep 2017
The Asia-Pacific region’s impressive economic growth and remarkable achievements in poverty reduction have not succeeded in closing gaps in income between the rich and poor, nor the unequal access to, for example, health care and education among other basic services. These gaps disproportionately...
EOR 2017 SUPP19 ANNUAL RPT ESCAP

Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2017

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Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
9 Jul 2018
The Annual Report 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 environmental landscape. UN ESCAP promotes rigorous analysis and peer learnin...
INTEG APPRO FOR SDG PLANNING

Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Development Goals Planning

The Case of Sustainable Development Goal 6 on Water and Sanitation

3 Apr 2017
This publication provides an overview of methods available to describe, understand and measure interlinkages between the SDGs and options for their application. Further it highlights how systems thinking approach applied by ESCAP complimented tools by earlier scholars, as the most comprehensive m...
UNLOCK POTE REG ECON COOP SOU ASIA

Unlocking the Potential of Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in South Asia

Potential, Challenges and the Way forward

11 Jul 2017
This report examines how countries in South Asia could capitalize on opportunities to cooperate for closer regional economic integration, in particular in the four broad areas of trade and market integration, regional connectivity, financial cooperation, and collective actions to address shared r...
ACHIV SUST DEV GOALS SOUTH ASIA

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia

Key Policy Priorities and Implementation Challenges

30 May 2017
Global progress on the Sustainable Development Goals will depend to a large extent on the collective action of South Asia to implement them. The sub-region indeed accounts for almost one fourth of the world's population, 36 per cent of the world's poor and nearly half of the world's malnourished ...
ASIA PACIFIC CTRIES SPEC NEED 2017

Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2017

Investing in Infrastructure for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future

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Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report
11 Jul 2017
This report introduces the Access to Physical Infrastructure Index as a tool to capture the multidimensional character of infrastructure and to illustrate the strong positive causality between infrastructure and sustainable development. The report highlights that significant infrastructure gaps e...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2017

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2017

Governance and Fiscal Management

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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
26 Jun 2017
This publication 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 stakeholders. The report shows that, while the r...
ACHIV SUST DEV GOALS EAST ASIA

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in East and North-East Asia

25 Apr 2017
This publication highlights challenges and priorities of the East and North-East Asia subregion (ENEA) in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Subregion comprises China, Japan, Mongolia, the two Koreas and Russia. It highlights the priority areas for ENEA as poverty reduc...
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPATCHES

Environmental Dispatches

Reflections on Challenges, Innovation and Resilience in Asia-Pacific

16 Mar 2017
This publication is a compilation of stories and reports by ten journalists from the Asia Pacific region on pressing environmental challenges and innovative actions on a broad spectrum of environmental issues - adaptation and resilience to climate change, access to and use of natural resources, m...
INDICATORS FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENT

Indicators for a Resource Efficient and Green Asia and the Pacific

Measuring Progress of Sustainable Consumption and Production, Green Economy and Resource Efficiency Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region

13 Mar 2017
This report paints a clear picture of the path taken by the countries in the region over the past 40 years in their resource use. Today, the region dominates global resource use, comprising more than 50 per cent and consumption is rapidly rising as economies grow, infrastructure is built and the ...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V23 #2 12/2016

Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, December 2016

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
18 Apr 2017
The emphasis of the Journal is on the publication of empirically based, policy-oriented articles in the areas of poverty alleviation, emerging social issues and managing globalization.This special issue contains 6 selected papers, developed as spin-off of discussion at the 3rd North-East Asia Dev...
REALIZING YOUTH INCLUSION

Realizing Youth Inclusion for a More Sustainable Asia and the Pacific

14 Aug 2019
This report aims to broaden understanding of the multitude of institutional and sociocultural barriers youth face in realizing their potential. It uses findings revealed by a primary research project in six countries in the Asia-Pacific region covering over 10,000 youth aged 18-24, and providing ...
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL

Accessibility for All

Good Practices of Accessibility in Asia and the Pacific to Promote Disability-inclusive Development

16 Jan 2017
This publication 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, with a view to demonstrate the multi-faceted val...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1947

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1947

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1947
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1948

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1948

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1948
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1950

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1950

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1950
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1951

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1951

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1951
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1952

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1952

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1952
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1953

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1953

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1953
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1955

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1955

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1955
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1956

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1956

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1956
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 1957

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1957

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
31 Dec 1957
This latest edition of the Survey analyzes current economic and social developments in the region against the background of events in the world economy. It also focuses on the serios problems of growth and transformation of the area's least developed and Pacific Island developing economies.