The Development Paper Series of the ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office (ESCAP-SSWA) promotes and disseminates policy-relevant research on the development challenges facing South and South-West Asia. It features policy ...

ESCAP-SSWA, Development Paper 1307, November 2013 Regional cooperation for strengthening national food securing in South Asia: A policy agenda <p></p> This paper, prepared by ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office, is ...

<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 ...

South Asia could unleash its full potentials, provided, it improves the infrastructure facilities, which are at present not sufficient to meet the growing demand of the region. The renewed and shared agenda of the South ...

The world and regional economies have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. The combined effects of the pandemic and global and national lockdowns have caused havoc in the countries of South and South-West Asia (SSWA), ...

<p>While textile and garment (T&amp;G) sector has been a prominent driver of trade led growth in South Asia, the scope for intra-regional trade in T&amp;G subsectors remains largely underutilized in the subregion. In recent ...

<p>Greater regional development cooperation is critical for South Asia to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of SDG interventions. The subregion has been lagging in terms of its overall progress towards the SDGs. ...

Countries of the South and South-West Asia subregion have mutual complementarities in terms of their energy resource endowments as well as their aggregate energy supply-demand patterns, providing ideal conditions for ...