An effective Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system helps secure a person’s legal identity, tracks the major events of an ...
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Gender-responsive financing solutions for sustainable and resilient energy and food systems in Asia-Pacific
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-04)Transitioning towards sustainable and resilient energy and food systems in Asia and the Pacific presents opportunities to advance gender equality. Adopting a gender lens in solutions and policy initiatives on energy ...
Data governance : practices in Asia and the Pacific
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-03-25)Data governance arrangements vary across Asia and the Pacific and data governance practices are continually evolving.
This paper presents a data governance framework with five pillars. The framework provides a ...
Transitioning to low carbon transport in Asia and the Pacific through regional cooperation
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-03)From landlocked countries to small island developing states, the member States of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have different priorities and challenges on their paths ...
Advancing SDG7 in Asia and the Pacific : policy briefs in support of the UN High-level political forum 2023
(United Nations, 2023-06-30)This document is part of a series of policy briefs compiled by the multistakeholder SDG7 Technical Advisory Group (SDG7 TAG) in support of the review of SDG7 at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) 2023. Convened by ...
Inequality of opportunity in Asia and the Pacific : birth registration
(United Nations, 2024-03)The ESCAP Inequality of Opportunity papers identify areas of basic opportunities where inequality jeopardizes a person’s life prospects, namely: education; women’s access to healthcare; children’s ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Brunei Darussalam
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Viet Nam
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Thailand
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Singapore
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in the Republic of Korea
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in the Philippines
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Mongolia
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Malaysia
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Lao People's Democratic Republic
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Indonesia
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Cambodia
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-27)This country brief is part of an eleven-part series exploring the landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in various East Asian economies. This series offers in-depth insights into the traffic trends for active e-commerce ...
SDG 2: Zero hunger
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-15)Food systems face numerous multidimensional threats, including conflicts, climate change and price and supply shocks. These challenges hinder progress in human health and security, poverty, inequality, and development ...
SDG 13: Climate action
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-15)Climate action in the Asia-Pacific region faces significant challenges. Efforts to update Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) fall short of the ambitious targets needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C and achieving ...
SDG 17 : Partnership for the goals
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-15)Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 focuses on strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing global partnerships for sustainable development. SDG17 plays a pivotal role in realizing the other 16 SDGs, ...