<p>In April, 1991 ESCAP undertook a survey (by mailed questionnaire) of regional road sector construction, management and regulatory authorities for the purpose of collecting data on the growth, development, utilization ...

<p>At the Twelfth Session of the Committee on Shipping, Transport, Communications and Tourism, concern was expressed that the introduction of non-ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standard containers ...

The Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific, 1985-1994, aimed to emphasize that the transport and communications system in each country and for the region as a whole could be improved with limited ...

<p>In the area of transport logistics and management, freight forwarding plays a very useful role in promoting the commercial and economic development of the developing countries of the region. Despite this important role, ...

<p>ESCAP/UNDP first published its Report on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Systems for Transport Related and Trade Facilitation Activities in 1990. In this new updated and expanded publication details are provided of ...

This publication, the final report of a series on road safety, reflects the road safety situation in the region at the end of 1994. The report, based on the analyses of the questionnaires and from other sources, outlines ...

The provision of adequate infrastructure, along with macroeconomic stability and a long-term development strategy, is one of the necessary conditions for sustainable economic and social development. To this end, the study ...

The major objective of the study was to assist CAR in identifying main present and future land transport routes from Central Asia to sea ports of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan as well as of ...

This volume describes in detail the results based on the ESCAP Questionnaire on Road Safety in the Asia-Pacific Region. The survey, in addition to supplementary material from other surveys and published databases, comprises ...

Recalling, the importance of environmental management of dredging activities, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) took the initiative to organize a regional seminar on environmental aspects ...