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Contributions of multilateral and bilateral agencies toward achieving EFA goals in the Asia-Pacific region
(UNESCO PROAP, 2000)
<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 ...
Export competitiveness and sustained economic recovery
(United Nations, 2001)
This publication focuses on export competitiveness policy for sustained economic growth and recovery in the ESCAP region and reviews recent economic and trade developments. The impact of regionalism, multilateralism and ...
The role of trade and investment policies in the implementation of the Monterrey consensus : regional perspectives
(United Nations, 2005)
The Monterrey Consensus underscores the central role of international trade as well as private capital flows as engines for development. In many countries, they account for much larger sources of financing for development ...
Harmonized development of legal and regulatory systems for e-commerce in Asia and the Pacific : current challenges and capacity-building needs
(United Nations, 2004)
This publication is the result of a project on the Harmonization of e-commerce Legal Systems in Asia and the Pacific (Phase I), implemented by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, ...
Perspectives from the ESCAP region after the fifth WTO ministerial meeting : ideas and actions following cancun
(United Nations, 2004)
This publication provides perspectives when viewing the Asian and Pacific region in terms of the post-Cancún regional trading environment. Chapter I contains three analytical policy studies. Chapter II consists of three ...
Trade and investment policies for the development of the information and communication technology sector of the Greater Mekong subregion
(United Nations, 2004)
This publication contains two background studies that ESCAP undertook as part of the IT programme for private sector development of the Greater Mekong Subregion. The study on regional trade in ICT goods and services in GMS ...
Regional follow-up to the world summit on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2003)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa in August-September 2002, recognized that sustainable development of the globe was critically dependent upon achieving sustainable development ...
Commercialization of renewable energy technologies for sustainable development
(United Nations, 2000)
The exploitation of the vast renewable energy resource base to augment energy supply has been a major issue in developing countries of the ESCAP region, particularly in the rural areas. Methods and technologies to develop ...
Development of the automotive sector in selected countries of the ESCAP Region : proceedings and country papers presented at the Regional Consultative Meeting on promotion of intraregional trade and economic cooperation in the automotive sector
(United Nations, 2002)
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 ...
Economic and social development in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the role of ESCAP
(United Nations, 2002)
This report reviews existing development strategies and programmes in the GMS so that strategies could be reformulated to avoid duplication of effort, enhance complementarities and private-sector support. It identifies ...