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ICT competency standards
(APCICT, 2016-09-01)The Case Study Series 4 on ICT Competency Standards provides a stocktaking of globally available ICT competency standards and practices from selected countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Republic ...
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ICT for disaster management
(APCICT, 2007)This e-primer introduces policy makers and development practitioners to the application of different information and communication technologies (ICTs) in disaster management, with case studies from the Asia-Pacific region.
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ICT for disaster risk reduction
(APCICT, 2009)The second issue of the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development’s (APCICT) ICTD Case Study Series, ICT for Disaster Risk Reduction, discusses the ways in which ...
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ICT good practices of a smart city : Incheon Metropolitan City
(APCICT, 2020-06-22)Recognizing Incheon Metropolitan City as one of the world’s leading smart cities, this Case Study delves into its Smart City Integrated Platform and illustrates the good practices of its Smart City infrastructure ...
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ICT human capacity building for development
(APCICT, 2010-01-02)The first issue of the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development’s (APCICT) ICTD Case Study Series, ICT Human Capacity Building for Development discusses the ...
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ICT in disaster risk management initiatives in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2016)Asia-Pacific remains the region with the largest proportion of natural disasters in the world. The devastating earthquake in April 2015 in Nepal; the typhoons: Pam in April 2015 in Vanuatu, Haiyan in 2013, and Pablo in ... -
Identification of opportunities for interregional TCDC and ECDC : report of consultations between the government of India and Latin American governments, New Delhi, 5-7 June 1979
(United Nations, 1979)Consultations between India and 13 Latin American countries to identify opportunities for interregional technical and economic co-operation were held from 5 to 7 June 1979 at New Delhi. The consultations were held ... -
Impact of globalization on women : women and economic liberalization in the Asian and Pacific region
(United Nations, 1999)This paper looks at recent macro-economic changes in the Asian and Pacific region, in terms of their effects on women in the region. The focus is on the processes typically associated with "globalization" and economic ...
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Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on sustainable freight transport in North and Central Asia
(UN.ESCAP, 2022-12-30)Freight demand continues to grow in the North and Central Asia subregion in line with a growing population, industrialization, trade expansion, and economic development. So further development of freight transport systems ...
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Impact of trade facilitation on export competitiveness : a regional perspective
(United Nations, 2009)It is widely recognized that the quality of trading environment has a significant impact on export competitiveness. The studies compiled in this publication analyse the relationship between trade facilitation and export ... -
Impacts of trade facilitation measures on poverty and inclusive growth : case studies from Asia
(United Nations, 2013)Edited by Ravi Ratnayake, Rajan Sudesh Ratna, Martina Francesca Ferracane and Yann Duval. In the post-crisis world, new drivers of growth are required to drive further reductions in poverty. This new ... -
Implementation of natural capital accounting in the Pacific : part 2 - case studies
(United Nations, 2018)A paper prepared by the Pacific Office of ESCAP on the lessons and achievements from implementation of the System of Economic-Environment Accounting (SEEA) in the Pacific, was recently published by the World Bank Group. ... -
Implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development : the role of the Regional Commissions
(United Nations, 2015)The United Nations Regional Commissions (RCs) have been assigned explicit and implicit mandates to assist Member States in integrating the three dimensions of sustainable development, provide technical support for SDG ... -
Implementation of the agenda for action on social development in the ESCAP region : Fifth Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Social Development, 5-11 November 1997, Manila
(United Nations, 1998)The Fifth Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Social Development was convened by ESCAP in Manila in November 1997. It was also hosted by the Government of the Philippines. The Conference reviewed and assessed the ... -
Implementation of the clean development mechanism in Asia and the Pacific : issues, challenges and opportunities
(United Nations, 2003)This publication provides a synoptic overview of the various issues relating to climate change abatement initiatives with specific reference to the issues, challenges and opportunities for the effective implementation of ... -
Implementing e-Government : reports of the Regional Workshop, Bangkok 31 May - 4 June 2004
(United Nations, 2004)This Regional Workshop on Implementing E-government was organized to prepare the countries in the Asian and Pacific region to take up this challenge and/or assist them to improve their e-government programmes. Countries ... -
Implementing the ICPD agenda : 10 years into the Asia-Pacific ecperience : a status report
(United Nations, 2004)This report, prepared collaboratively by ESCAP and UNFPA, offers a regional perspective on the progress made towards achieving the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goals and identifies ...
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Implementing the monterrey consensus in Asia and the Pacific : issues, challenges and action
(United Nations, 2003)This study, based on a report submitted to the Commission at its sixty-fourth session and the ministerial-level deliberations of member States during that session, held in Bangkok (28-30 April 2008)and the report of the ... -
Implication of globalization on industrial diversification process and improved competitiveness of manufacturing in ESCAP countries
(UN.ESCAP, 2001)The present study is part of a larger project for analysing the implications of globalization for the industrial and technological development process of developing countries in the ESCAP region. The basic objective ...
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Implications of general agreement on trade in services (GATS) for Asia-Pacific economies : report, studies and papers presented at a seminar held in Bangkok, 25-26 May 1998
(United Nations, 2000)The publication examines the implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for developing countries of the ESCAP region and considers alternative scenarios as countries prepare for further multilateral ...