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Enhancing shift towards sustainable freight transport in Asia and the Pacific : opportunities through railway decarbonization
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
<p>The transport sector is responsible for around one third of global energy consumption and about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. Left unchecked the environmental burden from the transport sector could ...
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 ...
Financing the SDGs to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2021)
The 2021 issue of ESCAP’s Financing for Development Series, Financing the SDGs to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific, reviews a range of financing instruments, strategies and mechanisms ...
Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics : contactless, seamless and collaborative UN solutions : Proposals for crisis-response provisions in regional and bilateral transport agreements of the ESCAP member states
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>The United Nations inter-agency project "Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics: Contactless, seamless and collaborative UN solutions" project responds to a call to action, for the immediate health ...
Enhancing the resilience of urban transport in Asian cities after COVID-19 : synthesis of academic study results and general recommendations
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>In Asian cities, the COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating the longer-term trend towards greater use and ownership of private cars and motorcycles, while reducing the use of and trust in public transport and shared taxi ...
Rethinking MSME finance in Asia and the Pacific : a post-crisis policy agenda
(United Nations, 2021)
MSMEs are an important engine of economic growth and development due to their large share in total employment and their participation in production value chains and trade. However, they are often disadvantaged due to their ...
Regional situation analysis : the state of production, dissemination, and use of disaster-related statistics in selected countries in Asia and the Pacific
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
This situational analysis aims to provide part of the basis for the work of the <a href="https://stat-confluence.escap.un.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=11141432">Technical Working Group on Disaster-related Statistics ...
Strategies to tackle the issue of seat belt and child restraint use for road safety in the Asia-Pacific region : implementation framework
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
<p>Creating safe and inclusive road transport has become a matter of global and regional concern, as the human and economic burden that road crashes produce severely temper sustainable development. Overall, ESCAP road ...
Addressing unpaid care work in ASEAN
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>This report describes the state of the unpaid care economy in ASEAN countries. By examining the socioeconomic, political, legislative and institutional conditions in each country of ASEAN, this report highlights examples ...
Asia-Pacific trade facilitation report 2021 : supply chains of critical goods amid the covid-19 pandemic disruptions, recovery, and resilience
(United Nations, 2021)
This report reviews the impact of trade facilitation initiatives in Asia and the Pacific since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began and discusses how to increase supply chain resilience.
<p>Supply chain ...