<p>During 1996 and 1997 the ESCAP secretariat implemented a project aimed at assisting the least developed countries in institutional development of macroeconomic policy management and coordination. The project sought to ...

<p>This publication examines the development of electronic commerce and its impact on employment opportunities particularly on women. Both developed and developing economies are in need of skilled IT specialists to cope ...

<p>In this study, SOMIS is defined as a public sector management information system for policy-making and social development management in public agencies. This publication describes the conceptual and operational framework ...

<p></p> Over the years NGOs have been recognized as significant players in the global attempt to ensure gender equality and sustainable development. They have played a valuable role in facilitating the promotion of ...

<p>The World Declaration on Education for All was a global commitment that has been taken seriously by governments of the Asia-Pacific region. There is perhaps no need to reiterate the fact that the primary responsibility ...

<p>Youth crime and delinquency should not be treated as an isolated problem to be dealt with in an ad hoc and fragmentary manner. Rather, it should be approached as a complex, multi-dimensional phenomenon requiring systematic ...

<p>This paper discusses the issues, approaches and policy options towards social integration in the ESCAP region in the context of the Copenhagen Declaration and the Agenda for Action on Social Development in the ESCAP ...

<p>ESCAP implemented a project on the &ldquo;Role of the informal service sector in poverty alleviation&rdquo;, with generous financial support from the Government of Netherlands. The project focused on petty trading, ...

<p>In the context of progress in regional peace, economic dynamism, and a heightened sense of concern for the most vulnerable of disadvantaged social groups, the Commission at its forty&shy; eighth session, held at Beijing ...

The report attempts to compile a subregional overview of violence against women. The report has been prepared as a working paper for the subregional ESCAP Expert Group Meeting on Eliminating Violence Against Women held at ...