<p>Multilateral, plurilateral, unilateral, as well as regional integration efforts in the Asia-Pacific have brought down tariffs, increased connectivity, helped achieve regulatory harmonization and promoted cooperation ...

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 ...

<p>• The Asia-Pacific region continues to be the largest contributor to the worldwide build-up of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), accounting for about half of PTAs worldwide. PTAs have become bigger, deeper, and ...

<b>Merchandise trade</b><br> - Following a global demand slowdown in the second half of this year, global and regional real merchandise trade growth is expected to be limited in 2022. Global real exports and imports are ...

Building Forward Together: Towards an inclusive and resilient Asia and the Pacific is the theme report of the Asia-Pacific SDG partnership for 2022. Reflecting on the theme of the 9th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable ...

<p>• Asia and the Pacific witnessed US$ 302 billion worth of Greenfield projects announced in the January to September 2023 period, a staggering 35 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2022, when US$ 224 ...

This report provides an overview of migration levels and trends in Asia and the Pacific, and analyses the different inputs to and outputs from the 2021 Asia-Pacific Regional Review, with a view to identifying emergent ...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the cracks in the current health sector. From 2019 to 2020, investment in the health-care sector dropped by 45 per cent and continued to decline in 2021 to 34 per cent in the first ...

Disability-inclusive employment has yet to be achieved in the Asia-Pacific region, where 690 million persons with disabilities live. Available data reveal that persons with disabilities fare worse than persons without ...

<p>This technical report examines the practical ways to strengthen environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures in ASEAN to address critical environmental and human rights issues. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and ...