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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 ...
Towards meaningful connectivity : insights from Asia-Pacific case studies
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every country in the region. Social distancing, school and office closures, and complete lockdowns have disrupted the lives of billions. Access to the Internet has enabled many to ...
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 ...
Strengthening energy security and building resilience in the Asia–Pacific
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>The study is to examine the new energy security dimensions that are emerging with the advent of the energy transition and to include the impacts of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic on global energy markets and energy ...
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 ...
Evaluation of the ESCAP Subprogramme 2: Trade, Investment and Innovation
(UN.ESCAP, 2022-03)
<p>ESCAP Subprogramme 2 (SP2) “Trade and investment” is vested within the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division (TIID), with support from the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology and the ...
Small and medium-sized enterprises lending approaches : the role of banks in Asia
(United Nations, 2022)
SME Lending should never be confused with microfinance. At the other end of the lending spectrum, SME lending also differs from corporate lending - primarily for the additional risks it presents. This paper outlines the ...
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 ...