This working paper introduces the concept of Trade in Value Added (TiVA) and presents an initial analysis of TiVA for selected regional ESCAP economies. The paper introduces Global Value Chains (GVCs) and issues for the ...

Regions, rich in energy resources, continue to be of crucial interest for our carbon-powered world. There are numerous things at stake to begin with, from international legal status, ownership rights, energy routes, transit ...

This discussion paper was prepared for ESCAP by Nick Freeman, Independent Economic Development Consultant. The author gratefully acknowledges the contributions made by Masato Abe, Sailendra Narain, Michael Troilo and J. S. Juneja.

Assessment of India’s progress towards the MDGs shows a notable but uneven achievement across goals, targets and states. India has achieved the target for halving poverty and is likely to attain gender parity in primary, ...

This discussion paper 'Financing Development Gaps in the Countries with Special Needs in the Asia-Pacific Region' was prepared for ESCAP by Mustafa K. Mujeri, Former Director General, The Bangladesh Institute of Development ...

This South and South-West Asia Development Paper #1501 explores the economy-wide effects of trade liberalization in five South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) using updated Social Accounting ...

This study introduces a new dataset of bilateral value added trade costs for the goods and services sectors, based on a measure derived from the micro-founded gravity model and using data from the OECD-WTO TiVA database. ...

This discussion paper 'Capital Market Development and Emergence of Institutional Investors in the Asia-Pacific Region' was prepared for ESCAP by Hans Genberg, Advisor on Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Management, South ...

This discussion paper 'Inclusive Finance in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends and Approaches' was prepared for ESCAP by Md. Ezazul Islam, Deputy General Manager, Bangladesh Bank.

This discussion paper 'Financing Sustainable Development – What Can We Learn from The Australian Experience of Reform?' was prepared for ESCAP by Wayne Swan, Member of Parliament, formerly the Deputy Prime Minister and ...