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Situational assessment for household energy needs in Bhutan
(United Nations, 2021-09)
<p>The report presents household energy needs in Bhutan for cooking and for space heating. Space heating is an important form of energy access for Bhutan, as many households live in areas which are cold during the winter, ...
Managing in-land water disasters in the Aral Sea : sub-regional pathways for adaptation and resilience
(United Nations, 2022-04)
ESCAP’s analytical work on managing in-land water disasters in the Aral Sea is organized in two parts. While Part I titled ‘<a href="https://repository.unescap.org/handle/20.500.12870/4394">Aral Sea, Central Asian Countries ...
Attracting private finance to transmission in the Asia-Pacific region
(United Nations, 2022-06)
<p>The 'Attracting private finance to transmission in the Asia-Pacific Region' working paper examines different models that can be employed to enable financing in the transmission system. The paper looks at the following ...
Ocean and climate synergies : from ocean warming to rising sea levels
(United Nations, 2022-05)
<p>This working paper compiles major impacts of climate change on the ocean, focusing on ocean warming, rising sea levels and ocean acidification. It compiles the reports and projections about ocean and climate in the ...
Tracking E-Resilience in North and Central Asia
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-10-31)
<p>ESCAP secretariat updated its E-Resilience Dashboard in Power BI format in 2023 (published in 2023) to assess crisis preparedness through seamless digital connectivity to promote a digital policy environment, and respond ...
A long-term approach for analyzing public debt sustainability : a case study of Mongolia
(United Nations, 2023-12-29)
<p>Given the lack of a long-term, holistic approach to assess public debt sustainability, ESCAP (2023) proposes an “augmented” approach, which duly incorporates a country’s spending needs to achieve the ...
Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector in South and Southeast Asia
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-02)
<p>This Research Paper examines why agricultural biomass burning is a crucial issue for South and Southeast Asia, and how the emissions from such burning impact climate change, health, environment, and economies, particularly ...
Tracking E-Resilience in China, Mongolia, the Republic of Korea, India and Sri Lanka
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-11-20)
<p>This working paper on e-resilience readiness in a few selected economies in East and North-East Asia (ENEA) and in South Asia (SA) analyses the current situation to ensure that information and communications technology ...
Integrated straw management in Nepal
(Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia (ESCAP-SSWA), 2023-11-01)
<p>The burning of crop residue generates severe air pollution in the Indo-Gangetic plain area of South Asia. Crop residue burning affects people's health, degrades soil health that impacts agricultural production and food ...
Sustainability in the supply chain : analysing the efficiency and effectiveness of the single submission of freight transport application through the Indonesia National Single Window system
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-02-19)
<p>Innovation in information communication technology (ICT), particularly in trade facilitation activities, is one of the goals targeted in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The use of user-friendly technology is ...