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Inequality of opportunity : who are those left behind? : Maldives and other Asia-Pacific SIDS
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
<p>The ESCAP Inequality of Opportunity analysis uses two new methodological tools to measure inequality in the distribution of basic services and to identify the furthest behind in the same development areas. In both ...
Asia-Pacific trade and investment trends brief 2022/2023 : South and South-West Asia
(United Nations, 2023-01-09)
<p>This brief covers recent trends and developments in trade and investment. It has been produced as an accompaniment to the <a href="https://www.unescap.org/knowledge-products-series/APTIT">Asia-Pacific Trade and ...
Report of high-level policy dialogue on COVID-19 and South Asia : socio-economic impacts, national strategies and subregional cooperation for building back better
(United Nations, 2020)
The Virtual High-Level Policy Dialogue on COVID-19 and South Asia: Socio-Economic Impacts, national Strategies and Subregional Cooperation for Building Back Better was convened by UNESCAP on 9 July 2020. The objective was ...
COVID-19 and South Asia : national strategies and subregional cooperation for accelerating inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery
(United Nations, 2020)
Starting as a health emergency, COVID-19-the global pandemic has evolved into an economic and a ‘human crisis,’ of mammoth proportions. As governments locked down the populations in an effort to contain the pandemic to ...
South Asian cooperation for accelerating recovery from COVID-19 and building back better
(United Nations, 2020)
The Virtual Policy Dialogue on South Asian Cooperation for Accelerating Recovery from COVID-19 and Building Back Better was convened by UNESCAP on 9 September 2020. Building on the success of the UNESCAP’s <a href="https ...
Pathways to manage cascading risks and protect people in South Asia : key takeaways for stakeholders
(United Nations, 2020)
In South Asia, against a backdrop of existing critical socioeconomic vulnerabilities, the deluge of weather events starting from cyclones, to floods to the related outbreaks of water/vector-borne diseases demonstrate how ...
The disaster riskscape across South Asia : key takeaways for stakeholder
(United Nations, 2020)
The Disaster Riskscape Across Asia-Pacific: Pathways for Resilience, Inclusion and Empowerment. Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2019 captured a comprehensive picture of the complexity of disaster risk landscape (‘riskscape’) ...
When crises converge : responding to natural disasters in South Asia during Covid-19
(United Nations, 2020)
South Asia has been severely impacted by COVID-19 – with more than 20,000 deaths, around one million confirmed
cases, and many millions of workers unemployed. The pandemic and the need for social distancing have also ...
Marine plastic pollution in South Asia
(United Nations, 2020)
Marine Plastic Pollution (MPP) is an increasing global concern, and its impact has been gradually documented across the world. Tackling marine pollution is one of the most pressing environmental challenges for Asia and the ...
Third South Asia forum on the Sustainable Development Goals Dhaka, 8-9 December 2019
(United Nations, 2020)
The Third South Asia Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals provided a unique opportunity to the subregion to feed its perspective into regional (the 7th APFSD scheduled in March 2020), and global (the HLPF 2020) ...