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Backgroud paper on identifying the best practice in expanding ICT access in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2009-10)This is a background paper on Identifying the Best Practice in Expanding ICT Access in Asia and the Pacific This document was prepared as part of the project: “Strengthening ICT policies and applications to achieve ...
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Balancing development : ESCAP profile 2012
(United Nations, 2012)ESCAP is committed to a resilient Asia and the Pacific founded on shared prosperity, social equity and sustainability. Our vision is to be the most comprehensive multilateral platform for promoting cooperation among ...
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Balancing the pillars of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
(UN.ESCAP, 2013)Sustainable development has long been a major focus of ESCAP efforts. Now, we are striving to accelerate MDG achievement and use the momentum this provides to fulfill the goals of Rio+20 and continue our sustainable ...
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Bali declaration on Asia-Pacific perspectives on energy and sustainable development : sustainable energy development action programme, strategies and implementation modalities for the Asian and Pacific region, 2001-2005
(United Nations, 2001)In November 2000, energy policy makers, business community and NGOs of the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Bali Indonesia to discuss and prepare regional perspectives on energy and sustainable development as a contribution ... -
Bali declaration on population and sustainable development
(United Nations, 1992)The Fourth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, which was held in Bali, Indonesia, in 1992, highlighted the inextricable link between population dynamics and sustainable development; it demonstrated that population ... -
Bangkok declaration on Beijing +15 : outcome document of the Asia-Pacific high-level intergovernmental meeting to review regional implementation of the Beijing platform for action and its regional and global outcomes
(United Nations, 2009)The Asia-Pacific High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and Its Regional and Global Outcomes was held in Bangkok from 16 - 18 November 2009 to review ... -
Bangladesh startup ecosystem assessment report
(United Nations, 2022-05)The global COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on economies worldwide, and small businesses, in particular, are coping with multiple challenges resulting from the crisis. The ongoing move towards more digital ...
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Bangladesh startup ecosystem assessment report : white paper
(United Nations, 2022)Bangladesh has made clear its intent to expand its startup sector to create an engine of growth for the country, and to become a key provider of advanced digital services. With its highly technologically-capable, young ...
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Banking and insurance services liberalization and development in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malaysia : a comparative analysis
(United Nations, 2007)This paper draws from three country case studies of the liberalization and development of the banking and insurance service sectors in Bangladesh, Nepal and Malaysia, which were undertaken as part of an ARTNeT regional ... -
Barriers and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Samoa
(United Nations, 2020)Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are key drivers of economic growth, often described as the “engine of growth” for emerging economies (IFC 2017). In 2018, it was estimated that small and medium ...
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Baseline study for solid waste management : Karachi
(UN.ESCAP, 2012)The current solid waste management practice is to dispose all categories of collected waste generated from the mega city of Karachi to land fill sites. The existing practice is not sustainable and putting immense pressure ...
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Baseline study for SWM in Mardan, Pakistan
(UN.ESCAP, 2012-09)Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste is ignored in the study area as it’s been ignored throughout the country whereas MSW management has the largest budget among the corresponding departments but it always lack ...
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Baseline study on the capacity and organisation structure of global compact local networks in Asia and the Pacific for Investors for Development (I4D) project
(UN.ESCAP, 2009-07)The project “Increasing the contribution of business to sustainable development through more effective implementation of the principles of the Global Compact in Asia and the Pacific”, hereafter called Investors for ...
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Basic community services through primary health care : a training approach, second edition, revised
(United Nations, 1984)Within the fromework the UNICEF Regional Office for East Asia and Pakistan has been pleased to join with ESCAP in conducting, since 1978, a series of training Seminars where local development, basic services and primary ...
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Basic community services through primary health care : proceedings of the seventh ESCAP/UNICEF training seminar (12 November-14 December 1984)
(United Nations, 1984)The ESCAP programme on health and development aims to increase awareness of the social dimensions of health within the mainstream of development thinking and practice.
The Commission at its thirty-eighth session ...
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Battambang solid waste management : baseline survey
(Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organization, 2011-10)Current solid waste management systems in Asia are strained and landfill space is fast becoming a rare commodity. Governments face increasing costs of disposal - while public health and the environment suffer from the ...
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Battambang solid waste management : study report
(United Nations, 2020)The Battambang Solid Waste Management Study aims to collect evidence to identify appropriate solutions to support Multi-Stakeholder Network to implement Battambang Smart City Vision 2030 by collecting and incorporating ... -
Be prepared : by reducing disaster and crises risk
(United Nations, 2022)Global warming of 2°C is likely to be exceeded during the twenty-first century. A warmer world would be riskier not only in terms of more frequent extreme weather and climate, but also the experience of systemic ...
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Beginner's handbook : landuse/land cover mapping and climate risk assessment for Maldives using geospatial techniques
(ESCAP SSWA, 2024-04-15)United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are collaboratively implementing a two-year Joint SDG fund project, "Strengthening National ...
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Beginners’ manual on digital marketing and e-commerce
(United Nations, 2022)The world economy has grown steadily over the last decade, and globally the gender gap in the workforce is narrowing. However, this progress saw a setback by an estimated two years due to the negative impact of the ...