<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>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 ...

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 ...

The paper lays out a broad framework to reimagine healthcare systems using the digital technologies as one of the core pillars in the Asia-pacific countries. It argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed serious flaws ...

<p>This discussion paper examines the provision of care for older people by linking various care at macro (national) and micro (individual or family) levels. This paper argues that these different levels are not mutually ...

<p>This paper builds on previous work to advance the measurement of the gender-environment nexus in the Asia-Pacific region, undertaken by UN Women and ESCAP. It examines methodological advances that have taken place since ...

<p>This paper takes stock of the literature that examines how the recent expansion of contributory and non-contributory social protection programmes in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America ...

<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 ...

<p>In Asia-Pacific, over the last few decades, countries have focussed on improving their healthcare sector and have been trying to achieve the targets set by SDG 3 &ndash; Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Wellbeing for ...