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    • Waste recycling for sustainable development : the case of obsolete oil and gas production structures in Asia-Pacific water (country perspectives) Volume II 

      UN.ESCAP; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP) (United Nations, 1994)
      The main part ofthis four-volume series comprises a set of papers commissioned for two seminars: the Seminar on Issues Associated with Offshore Installations and Structures in the Exclusive Economic Zone held at Bangkok ...
    • Water accounts for Samoa, 2014-15 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 2017)
      Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) has just released a water account for FY2014 to FY2015 using the System of Environment-Economic Accounting (SEEA). ESCAP provided technical support to SBS to produce an experimental water ...
    • Water and power development in East Pakistan 

      United Nations Water Control Mission; UN.ESCAP; Government of Pakistan (United Nations, 1959)
    • Water resource project planning 

      UN.ECAFE; United Nations Office of Technical Cooperation (United Nations, 1972)
      Reports of major studies carried out by the Division of Water Resources Development of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) are being published as the Water Resources Series (formerly ...
    • Ways and means of strengthening co-operation in research and development between developed and developing countries 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 1987)

      Focuses on research and development co-operation between developing and developed countries, strengthening indigenous research and development capabilities of developing countries through international co-operation, and ...

    • We gathered talked decided and proposed 

      UN.ESCAP; China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) (United Nations, 2008)

      The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has been promoting a rights-based approach to disability in Asia and the Pacific for the last 15 years. ESCAP launched the world's first regional Decade ...

    • What the ASEAN economic community will mean for businesses : a look at the case of Myanmar 

      Abonyi, David; Abe, Masato (United Nations, 2017)
      With the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) coming into effect, the main purpose of this publication is to serve as a resource to businesses, particularly in Myanmar and the other CLMV countries, in navigating the coming ...
    • Who is vulnerable during tsunamis? experiences from the Great East Japan earthquake 2011 and the Indian Ocean tsunami 2004 

      Sawai, Mari (United Nations, 2012)

      This paper aims to increase the understanding on mortality and people’s behavior in the case of tsunami. This study combines the lessons learnt during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 11 March 2011 ...

    • Wind-powered water pumping in Asia and the Pacific 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 1991)

      Historically, wind energy has been used in many parts of Asia and the Pacific to supply power for various purposes, including water pumping. The potential for application of wind-powered waler pumping, as a cost-effective ...

    • Women and men in the ESCAP region 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 1998)
      The present report, Women and Men in the ESCAP Region, is intended to provide comparable data and analytical information on the situation of women and men in member and associate member countries or areas located within ...
    • Women and men in the Philippines : a statistical handbook 

      UN.ESCAP; Philippines. National Statistical Coordination Board (National Statistical Coordination Board, 1995-11)

      This handbook of statistics on women and men in the Philippines is one of the outputs of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Project on Improving Statistics on Gender ...

    • Women and violence, human rights and armed conflict 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 2000-03)

      Activities to promote legal literacy to empower women and men with knowledge of women’s human rights have increased since 1995, most notably from the NGO sector. Strategies to outreach the different groups within ...

    • Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) in Bangladesh 

      UN.ESCAP; Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT) (APCICT, 2019-12-27)
      This case study illustrates the women empowerment initiatives in ICT and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh, scrutinises the implementation of the Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) flagship programme in Bangladesh and ...
    • Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) in India 

      UN.ESCAP; Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT) (APCICT, 2019-12-27)
      This case study illustrates the women empowerment initiatives in ICT and entrepreneurship in India, scrutinises the implementation of the Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) flagship programme in India and provides ...
    • Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) in the Philippines 

      UN.ESCAP; Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT) (APCICT, 2019-12-27)

      This case study illustrates the women empowerment initiatives in ICT and entrepreneurship in the Philippines, scrutinises the implementation of the Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) flagship programme in the ...

    • Women in Asia and the Pacific : challenges and priorities 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 2010)
      Since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 1995, there has been progress in some areas towards achieving gender equality in the Asia and Pacific region. Despite the progress made, however, ...
    • Women in Asia and the Pacific, 1985-1993 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 1994)
      ESCAP organized the Second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women in Development in Jakarta, 7-14 June 1994 to review and appraise implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of ...
    • Women in China : a country profile 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 1997)
    • Women in Fiji : a country profile. 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 1997)
      The present profile, while highlighting the gaps in available statistical data, attempts to provide a model for analysing and presenting the relevant data in a form that will be easily comprehended by planners and policy makers.
    • Women in India : a country profile 

      UN.ESCAP (United Nations, 1997)