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Backgroud paper on identifying the best practice in expanding ICT access in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2009-10)This is a background paper on Identifying the Best Practice in Expanding ICT Access in Asia and the Pacific This document was prepared as part of the project: “Strengthening ICT policies and applications to achieve ...
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Balancing development : ESCAP profile 2012
(United Nations, 2012)ESCAP is committed to a resilient Asia and the Pacific founded on shared prosperity, social equity and sustainability. Our vision is to be the most comprehensive multilateral platform for promoting cooperation among ...
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Balancing the pillars of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
(UN.ESCAP, 2013)Sustainable development has long been a major focus of ESCAP efforts. Now, we are striving to accelerate MDG achievement and use the momentum this provides to fulfill the goals of Rio+20 and continue our sustainable ...
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Bali declaration on Asia-Pacific perspectives on energy and sustainable development : sustainable energy development action programme, strategies and implementation modalities for the Asian and Pacific region, 2001-2005
(United Nations, 2001)In November 2000, energy policy makers, business community and NGOs of the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Bali Indonesia to discuss and prepare regional perspectives on energy and sustainable development as a contribution ... -
Bali declaration on population and sustainable development
(United Nations, 1992)The Fourth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, which was held in Bali, Indonesia, in 1992, highlighted the inextricable link between population dynamics and sustainable development; it demonstrated that population ... -
Bangkok declaration on Beijing +15 : outcome document of the Asia-Pacific high-level intergovernmental meeting to review regional implementation of the Beijing platform for action and its regional and global outcomes
(United Nations, 2009)The Asia-Pacific High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and Its Regional and Global Outcomes was held in Bangkok from 16 - 18 November 2009 to review ... -
Bangladesh startup ecosystem assessment report
(United Nations, 2022-05)The global COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on economies worldwide, and small businesses, in particular, are coping with multiple challenges resulting from the crisis. The ongoing move towards more digital ...
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Bangladesh startup ecosystem assessment report : white paper
(United Nations, 2022)Bangladesh has made clear its intent to expand its startup sector to create an engine of growth for the country, and to become a key provider of advanced digital services. With its highly technologically-capable, young ...
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Basic community services through primary health care : proceedings of the seventh ESCAP/UNICEF training seminar (12 November-14 December 1984)
(United Nations, 1984)The ESCAP programme on health and development aims to increase awareness of the social dimensions of health within the mainstream of development thinking and practice.
The Commission at its thirty-eighth session ...
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Battambang solid waste management : study report
(United Nations, 2020)The Battambang Solid Waste Management Study aims to collect evidence to identify appropriate solutions to support Multi-Stakeholder Network to implement Battambang Smart City Vision 2030 by collecting and incorporating ... -
The belt and road initiative for seamless connectivity and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a long-term corridor-based transcontinental development strategy for enhanced global economic cooperation and integration. The Initiative, based on a proposal made by the president ...
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Benefits and challenges facing Asia-Pacific agricultural trading countries in the Post-Uruguay Round period
(United Nations, 1995)The publication focuses on the implications of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of the Uruguay Round Agreements on Agriculture for major agricultural commodity countries of the ESCAP region. It examines ...
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Bhutan waste accounts report : March 2021
(United Nations, 2021)This is a report on the pilot compilation of the Waste Accounts (2019) in Bhutan using the System of environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) that integrates economic and environmental data to provide a ...
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Biennial report 2021-2022 : the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management
(United Nations, 2023-06-06)I am pleased to present the APDIM Biennial Report 2021-2022. The report outlines APDIM’s key results and achievements over the past two years mapped against APDIM’s Multi-year Strategic Programme of Work and the Biennium ...
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Big data and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
(United Nations, 2016)This stocktaking report attempts to provide an overview of big data, its use in the policymaking context, the stakeholders and their roles and provides some suggested actionable steps as a discussion stimulus for the "Big ... -
Bishkek action plan : proposals on further implementation of forecasting sustainable urbanization tool
(UN.ESCAP, 2022-12-01)This Action Plan was developed through the project, ‘Forecasting Sustainable Urbanization: Support for Sustainable Infrastructure Planning in Cities’, led by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...
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Bolstering East Asian-Latin American value chains through digitally deliverable services
(United Nations,, 2021)The liberalization by Asian and Latin American economies of their trade regimes has seen digitalization becoming increasingly important for export competitiveness and productivity growth. This report has tracked the growth ... -
Border trade and cross-border transactions of selected Asian countries
(UN.ESCAP, 1997)The general aim of the four studies presented in this publication is to examine border trade and cross-border transactions among specific groups of countries in the Asian and Pacific region. Each study covers: (a) the ...
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Bridging transport, ICT and energy infrastructure gaps for seamless regional connectivity
(United Nations, 2014)Bridging Transport, ICT and Energy Infrastructure Gaps for Seamless Regional Connectivity, is a contribution by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to deliberations at the ... -
Bringing the Beijing Platform for Action to the grass roots : promoting NGO-government collaboration in the implementation of the Jakarta declaration for the advancement of women in Asia and the Pacific and the global platform for action
(United Nations, 1999)Since the Fourth World Conference on Women and the NGO Forum on Women ‘95, countries, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and communities around the world have undertaken numerous activities to publicize and ...