Browsing Reports by Subject "GOVERNANCE"
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Asia-Pacific Futures in 2040 : raising ambitions for a healthy environment
(United Nations, 2021-11)The Asia Pacific region is exposed to a risk landscape of natural disasters and environmental change, income inequality, gender-based and other socio-cultural discrimination, and economic and political pressures that are ... -
Foreign direct investment and sustainable development in international investment governance
(United Nations, 2019)Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a principal means of financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the corresponding 17 Sustainable Development Goals. FDI's potential contributions to sustainable development ... -
Morgenstadt benchmarking and city development concepts : integrated resource management in Asian cities : the urban nexus and sustainable urban governance
(Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), 2014)This report examines governance aspects in relation to food, water, and energy security in three nexus partner cities: Ulaanbaatar, Da Nang, and Korat. The study produces city-specific profiles that serve to develop ...
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Outward foreign direct investment and home country sustainable development
(United Nations, 2020)Asia and the Pacific has now become the largest source of foreign direct investment globally. This is due to the growing number of firms from Asia and the Pacific that have become active outward investors. The upsurge in ... -
Selected issues in cross-border e-commerce development in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2019)The fascination of all actors – government, the public, business – with the digital economy is easily understood as one looks at the dynamics of its growth. Some studies estimate that the digital economy is worth $11.5 ... -
Towards better evidence-based policy making : synthesis report on the lessons learnt and best practices in the energy sector of Asia-Pacific
(United Nations, 2021)The report was sythesizing the final results of the project 'Evidence-based policies for sustainable use of energy resources in Asia and the Pacific'. It was emphasizing four components: governance, science and technology ... -
Urban environmental governance for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific : a regional overview
(United Nations, 2005)In the ESCAP region, the urban population is expected to reach 2.23 billion by 2020, constituting 55 per cent of the region's total projected population and making it the largest urban population in the world. As rapid ...
