This report evaluates the income/employment generating programmes to alleviate socio-economic impacts of the economic crisis in Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and Thailand. The social impact and the need to provide social ...

The principal aim of this publication is to fill a perceived gap in policy-related research and understanding of the development of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector in the Asia-Pacific region, in the ...

This publication reviews the current situation of the automobile industry sector in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand. Best practices and major policies related to promoting ...

During the last decade information and communications technology (ICT) has experienced unprecedented growth, which has facilitated greater flow of resources, including monetary capital, physical goods, human resources, ...

<p>By definition, a census is a complete enumeration designed to obtain data on characteristics of the object being observed. Therefore, a population census is aimed to gather characteristics of Indonesian population such ...

<p>In response to the tsunami which hit eight Asian countries on 26 December 2004, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP) initiated a project to increase understanding of how this ...

This publication examines the social protection systems and the crisis-designed social safety nets in China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, and Thailand. An overview of the Asian economic crisis and its ...

By Nagesh Kumar, Pierre Sauvé, Rajan Sudesh Ratna, Santi Chaisrisawatsuk and Wisit Chaisrisawatsuk, Tulus Tambunnan, Tham Siew Yean and Andrew Kam Jia Yi, Rashmi Banga. <p></p> As economic integration continues, the ...

ICT tools assist the stakeholders to receive, communicate, disseminate, store and process information and also assist them in project planning and monitoring processes. As no single ICT tool or tool set is adequate for all ...

The "Disability at a Glance: a Profile of 28 Countries and Areas in Asia and the Pacific" is a compilation of disability-related data and information from the following 28 countries and areas: five from the East and ...