This paper aims to examine how digitalisation, particularly digital payments innovations and innovative payment initiatives, such as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), can play a pivotal role in fostering micro, ...

<p>The Sixth South and South-West Asia Forum on the SDGs was held in hybrid mode, from 5-7 December 2022 in Islamabad Pakistan, as a subregional preparatory meeting for the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development ...

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 ...

<p>This report documents the results of the work of the Maldives Core Team in the implementation of the &ldquo;Assessment, analysis, and redesign&rdquo; stage of the CRVS System Improvement Framework. Using the methodology ...

<p>This report documents the results of the work of the Niue’s CRVS stakeholders in assessing, analysing and redesigning birth and death registration processes using the ‘assessment, analysis, and redesign’ stage of the ...

<p>The Asia-Pacific region faces a rising tide of development challenges in the post-pandemic period. Economic slowdown, unprecedented inflation and uncertainty brought about by geopolitical challenges have set back past ...

<p>As part of its ongoing cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Nauru CRVS authorities are exploring mechanisms that could be leveraged to address existing ...

<p>Using the methodology and tools defined by the CRVS Systems Improvement Framework, the national CRVS Stakeholders (supported by a Country Coordinator and a Senior Advisor) gathered information about the birth and death ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), provide countries with an ambitious development agenda to leave no one behind. As countries grapple with this complex and ...

The diversity of the issues covered by this report required the collaboration of a large community of experts and practitioners based in the region and beyond. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ...