Road safety is a sustainable development challenge for the Asia-Pacific region. The Global Status Report on Road Safety published in 2018 by the World Health Organization indicated that more than 60 per cent of the global ...

<p>In view of the vital importance of ensuring long-term “green” sustainability and reducing the impacts of global fuel price fluctuations, increasing energy efficiency is becoming critical especially for many ESCAP ...

<p>Enhancing infrastructure quality along the Asian Highway network is a significant opportunity to raise the overall sustainability of the road transport sector. Improving substandard roads enhance the seamlessness of ...

<p>The Annual Report 2012 outlines the work programme and activities of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific through case studies and highlights during 2011-2012. It includes reporting of successes, ...

Connectivity between Asia and Europe is still mainly dominated by sea routes even though overland transport connections are shorter in terms of distance and twice faster compared to sea freight. This is the result of ...

Rural areas across much of Asia are undergoing profound economic, social and demographic changes. Not only goods and people, but ideas, values, and cultural practices, are moving, both physically and virtually, across ...

Government of The People's Republic of China in cooperation with The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, The United Nations Development Programme, The Government of France. RAS/86/136

<p>Maldives is one of the eight participating countries of the UNDP/ESCAP Regional Energy Development Programme (REDP) Sub-activity P-1.1, Sectoral Energy Demand Studies. The participating countries are China, India, ...

<p>The study is to examine the new energy security dimensions that are emerging with the advent of the energy transition and to include the impacts of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic on global energy markets and energy ...

The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network is the first treaty to have been developed under the auspices of the UNESCAP secretariat and deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. <p></p> It ...