<p>Into the countdown to 2015, what progress does the Asia and Pacific region register in meeting Millennium Development Goal (MDG)Target 10? What more is required? How will meeting MDG Target 10 advance countries toward ...

The representatives of the 191 Governments that signed the Millennium Declaration in 2000 established eight overarching goals to promote the holistic development of the entire population of the world. The inclusion of three ...

<p>The Millennium Declaration endorsed by the world’s governments in September 2000 recog- nizes that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are among the most effective ways to “combat poverty, hunger and ...

The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed by 191 nations in 2000, resolved to spare no effort to free the world from the dehumanizing conditions of poverty. The Declaration gave rise to the Millennium Development ...

<p>In 2011 and 2012, a total of 12 national assessments of opportunities for the use of green economy policies to support sustainable development were conducted in Pacific island countries. These assessments revealed a ...

This publication from 2017, titled Pacific Perspectives, looks at Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Pacific.

This report has been produced as part of the Pacific Climate Change and Migration (PCCM) Project entitled, 'Enhancing the Capacity of Pacific Island Countries to Manage the Impacts of Climate Change on Migration'. The PCCM ...

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 ...

<p>Pacific Island countries (PICs) are facing enormous challenges related to profound changes underway across their societies and economies. Climate change, migration, monetization, slow and volatile economic growth and ...