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Benefits and challenges facing Asia-Pacific agricultural trading countries in the Post-Uruguay Round period
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The publication focuses on the implications of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of the Uruguay Round Agreements on Agriculture for major agricultural commodity countries of the ESCAP region. It examines ...
Collaboration opportunities for science, technology and innovation in Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand and Viet Nam
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-03-28)
<p>Science, technology and innovation (STI) have always been key drivers for achieving economic development and prosperity in Asia and the Pacific. The Governments of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, ...
Landscape study of inclusive business in Viet Nam
(United Nations, 2021)
<p>Companies with inclusive business (IB) models can play a strong role in supporting such structural transformation. IB models promote inclusive growth by investing in innovative, commercially viable, and growing business ...
The research ecosystem of Cambodia
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-02-14)
<p>Research is vital for the socio-economic development of Cambodia. This background report provides an overview of the research ecosystem of Cambodia and outlines several recommendations to strengthen research capacity ...
Investment facilitation for sustainable development within the context of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the ASEAN Investment Facilitation Framework and the WTO Draft Investment Facilitation Framework for Development
(UN.ESCAP, 2022-12-29)
This report analyses investment facilitation commitments for sustainable development within the context of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the ASEAN Investment Facilitation Framework (AIFF) and the ...
E-Commerce for inclusive development : policy considerations
(United Nations, 2023-11-17)
<p>Often, we hear that e-commerce holds immense promise in driving inclusive development. In the E-commerce and Development Report 2002, Kofi A. Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, urged the international ...
Feminist Finance Forum: Driving action for a feminist entrepreneurial ecosystem in Asia and the Pacific
(UN. ESCAP, 2024-02-09)
<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">The Feminist Finance Forum 2023 took place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok on 16-17 ...
Policy approaches to direct digital frontier technologies towards inclusive and sustainable development
(United Nations, 2021)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital frontier technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics, amongst others, were mobilized to fight against the pandemic. To build back better from the pandemic ...
Policy approaches to formalizing informal employment in the formal sector in Asia and the Pacific and Latin America
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-12-14)
<p>The report compiles existing policy tools and and good practices adopted by Governments in Asia and the Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean on formalizing informal employment in the formal sector. To provide a ...
Financial resilience, inclusion, and entrepreneurship : is Asia and the Pacific close to gender parity?
(UN.ESCAP, 2024-03-13)
<p>ESCAP’s report "Financial Resilience, Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship: Is Asia and the Pacific Close to Gender Parity?" analyzes a set of indicators on women’s access to finance and the impacts on their lives. The report ...