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Biennial report 2021-2022 : the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management
(United Nations, 2023-06-06)
<p>I am pleased to present the APDIM Biennial Report 2021-2022. The report outlines APDIM’s key results and achievements over the past two years mapped against APDIM’s Multi-year Strategic Programme of Work and the Biennium ...
ESCAP-OSJD joint document on potential of electronic information exchange to streamline customs formalities in international railway transport
(UN.ESCAP, 2022)
Being one of the more sustainable modes, rail needs to be promoted proactively, to address many of the negative externalities of transport that have recently been exacerbated. The rapid increase in trans-continental freight ...
Taking stock of the digital trade and investment policies in the Asia-Pacific Region with ESCAP's Regional Digital Trade Integration Index
(UN.ESCAP, 2023-12-27)
<p>The trade and investment flows of Asia-Pacific economies have recovered in the past two years, a time when the region also experienced a wave of digital transformation. This report starts from the notion that good ...
Climate champions’ extended compendium of climate related initiatives : regional project list for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2022)
<p>Ahead of COP-27, UN ESCAP, together with other Regional Commissions, partners with the incoming Egyptian Presidency of COP27 and the UN High-Level Champions for Climate Action to organize a series of five regional forums ...
Asia-Pacific trade facilitation report 2021 : supply chains of critical goods amid the covid-19 pandemic disruptions, recovery, and resilience
(United Nations, 2021)
This report reviews the impact of trade facilitation initiatives in Asia and the Pacific since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began and discusses how to increase supply chain resilience.
<p>Supply chain ...
Asia-Pacific regional review of implementation of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (10—12 March 2021) : an analysis of its main findings and recommendations
(United Nations, 2022)
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 ...
Is 1.5°C within reach for the Asia-Pacific region? : ambition and potential of NDC commitments of the Asia-Pacific countries : synopsis
(United Nations, 2021)
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, yet their climate action commitments are also critical to the achievement of 1.5°C goals. So far, 49 member States of the ...
2022 review of climate ambition in Asia and the Pacific : raising NDC targets with enhanced nature-based solutions with a special feature on engagement of children and youth in raising national climate ambition
(United Nations, 2022)
As of August 2022, 39 out of the 49 Asia-Pacific member States included in this report, have made
carbon neutrality and net-zero pledges, and have started developing enabling frameworks to the
support implementation of ...
Trade in commercial services outlook in Asia and the Pacific 2021/2022
(United Nations, 2021)
Trade in commercial services is set for a fragile recovery in 2021, after a considerable fall in 2020: Global exports and imports values are forecast to increase by just 2.7% and 1.2%, respectively, in 2021, compared to ...
New global estimates of import demand elasticities : a technical note
(United Nations, 2020-07)
<p>This study provides new estimates of import demand elasticities for over 180 countries and all traded products at the 2012 harmonized system (HS) six-digit level using state-of-the art estimation techniques and computing ...
