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Gaining support from senior-level policymakers
(United Nations, 2009-11)This Brief is a guide to government agencies which are working towards gaining political commitment and support from senior-level policy makers for SW. It provides crucial information, facts, and figures that convey the ... -
Gauging the long term benefits of Asia Pacific trade agreement (APTA) membership for Papua New Guinea (PNG)
(United Nations, 2009)This paper examines the likely long-term benefits for Papua New Guinea upon joining APTA as a member -
GDP : a brief but affectionate history
(United Nations, 2015)This is a review of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History by Diane Coyle. -
Gender equality and climate change
(UN.ESCAP, 2022)Climate change is reshaping the development scope of the Asia-Pacific region, with the risks from tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, and storms increasing significantly. Although some countries in the region are among ... -
Gender equality in research & development in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2015)Women have made important contributions to the advancement in research and development. Despite an increase in the overall number of researchers over time in Asia and the Pacific, men have consistently outnumbered women. ... -
Gender mainstreaming in sustainable agricultural mechanization in Asia and the Pacific
(CSAM, 2022-12)The Policy Brief discusses why gender matters in the context of sustainable agricultural mechanization, what key barriers women face in the adoption and scaling-up of mechanization-based solutions and how the gender dimension ... -
Georgia - national study : infrastructure financing strategies for sustainable development
(United Nations, 2017)These studies were developed under a United Nations Development Account project entitled “Financing strategies for inclusive, equitable and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific”, which was implemented by the ... -
Geospatial information and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
(United Nations, 2020)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted a comprehensive global monitoring framework comprising 2311 unique indicators across 169 targets and 17 Goals. The framework calls for data which is 'high quality, ... -
Get every one in the picture : why is civil registration so important for statistics?
(United Nations, 2014)Statistics such as “135 million children under the age of five in Asia and the Pacific have not had their births registered” or “9 out of 10 people in Asia and the Pacific live in countries with unreliable death statistics” ... -
Global commodity price falls : a transitory boost to economic growth in Asia-Pacific countries with special needs
(United Nations, 2015)The recent collapse in international commodity prices (June 2014 to February 2015) has both positive and negative implications for Asia-Pacific economies, depending upon net commodity-trade positions. Here the focus is on ... -
The global crisis and protectionism in the services sector : implications of current findings
(United Nations, 2010-03)Amongst the several alarms triggered by the global economic crisis, the one alerting to a possible global return to protectionism sounded particularly loudly. As the crisis spread geographically and affected more economic ... -
The globalization paradox : democracy and the future of the world economy
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Globalization, inclusion, and e-commerce : agenda for SMEs
(United Nations, 2018)Globalization created wealth and improved standards of living and promoted convergence of incomes across economies. Yet, globalization’s benefits have been seen as heavily tilted towards multinational corporations (MNCs). ... -
Governance and development outcomes : chicken and egg
(United Nations, 2017)Development trajectories of countries within the Asia-Pacific region vary significantly across countries. While some countries have experienced tremendous advancements in terms of economic and social indicators, others ... -
Governments can use sustainable public procurement to foster inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2014)Every year governments spend significant amounts of money in the goods and services needed to run their activities. The general governments of selected Asia-Pacific countries spent 582 billions in procurement in 2010. These ... -
The great rebalancing : trade, conflict and the perilous road ahead for the world economy
(UN.ESCAP, 2014)By Yifan (Victor) Ye A review of Michael Pettis' book "The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy"
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Green and sustainable logistics network : micro mobility in the first - last mile
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)The Policy Brief is prepared to improve technical knowledge of the transport and logistics sector and to support human resource capacity-building notably among developing countries in the ESCAP region. The Brief defines ...
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Green growth at a glance : the way forward for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2006)In the Asian and Pacific region, facing ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic and human security, how will we cope with all these added pressures? How will ...
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Handbook on policies, promotion and facilitation of foreign direct investment for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2017)The Handbook on FDI Policy, Promotion and Facilitation for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific seeks to take stock of the findings on and experiences with inward FDI and to summarize them in a convenient package ... -
A handbook on safeguard rules for least developed countries
(United Nations, 2018)Article XIX of GATT (Emergency Action) and the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (1994) allow member States to take safeguard measures to protect domestic producers from serious injury caused by increased imports. These measures ...