This study was prepared by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to support its efforts at improving awareness about innovative tools for poverty alleviation in the Asia-Pacific ...

This study aims to contribute to transforming the MDGs to fulfill the aspiration of CEDAW and BPfA by developing complementary indicators based on the linkages the MDGs have with CEDAW as well as with BPfA. This paper was ...

This Working Paper outlines the current status of financing for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific, and proposes key recommendations to enhance investment in women and girls to meet the ambition of the 2030 Agenda for ...

This publication seeks to support policymakers in promoting accessibility at a policy and practical level. It contains information on relevant global and regional mandates that support and promote disability-inclusive ...

<p>The adoption of economic adjustment policies in many coun&shy; tries of the Asian and Pacific region in recent years has, in conjunction with other budgetary problems, resulted in cutbacks in social devel&shy; opment ...

<p>The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2015) is a call for &ldquo;[a] world with equitable and universal access to&hellip; health care and social protection, where physical, mental and social ...

<p>The Jakarta Declaration and Plan of Action adopted at the Second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women in Development in June 1994 and the Beijing Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference ...

<p></p> Governments in the region are increasingly recognizing that population ageing is already a challenge to achieving our United Nations 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development due to the profound impacts this demographic ...

<p>This paper reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of active labour market programmes in low- and middle-income countries with high informality, highlighting examples of interventions that have been implemented in ...

As the development agenda beyond 2015 takes shape, it is increasingly being recognized that inequality is an impediment to the integration of economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability. Despite high ...