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Persons with disabilities are often the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper assesses quantitatively the importance of living or working environmental...

This document reviews the literature on the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty, and the results of recent detailed simulation studies applied to economies in the ESCAP...

This publication provides information on the most recent developments in the area of sustainable forest management and certification in the forest industry in the northwestern region of the Russian...

This publication is the first of a series of discussion papers on sustainable forest management published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in English and Russian. The...

This paper examines the impact of workers’ remittances on growth and poverty reduction in developing Asia-Pacific countries using panel data over the period 1993-2003. The results suggests that, while...

Road transport is the most important mode of freight transportation in terms of output in almost all countries in the world, in particular in Asia and the Pacific region. Longer combination vehicles...