<p>To leave no one behind and to reach those furthest behind first are the essential ambitions of the&nbsp;2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Within that mandate, Sustainable Development Goal&nbsp;5 (achieving gender ...

Study shows Pakistan has relatively restrictive digital-trade policy environment. Removing trade obstacles on investment in digital sectors, digital goods, and services would serve Pakistan’s interest to fully utilize the ...

<p>This report is an initiative of a partnership between the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Agencia Presidencial de Cooperaci&oacute;n International de Colombia (APC ...

<p>Of the 59 United Nations legal instruments in inland transport, seven Conventions are priorities for accession towards improving road safety.</p> <p>One common benefit of acceding to the Conventions is that it provides ...

<p>&bull; The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the collapse of global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, which fell 42 per cent from US$1.5 trillion in 2019 to an estimated U$$859 billion in 2020. The most recent ...

<p>This report is part of the collaborative efforts between the three United Nations Regional Commissions (UNRCs): 21 (ESCAP), 28 (ECA), and 20 (ECLAC) under the ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Digital Trade Regulatory Analysis Initiative. ...

In response to a request made by APDIM’s 4th Governing Council, this document outlines the vision of the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) for the 2021-2030 decade and ...

This report is a preliminary step towards a greater understanding of the digital trade policy environment in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides an overview of the digital trade policy environment in the Asia-Pacific ...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the cracks in the current health sector. From 2019 to 2020, investment in the health-care sector dropped by 45 per cent and continued to decline in 2021 to 34 per cent in the first ...

<p>This report presents a summary of the Asia-Pacific results of the second round of a global survey on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on statistical operations of National Statistical Offices launched on 7 July 2020. ...