Books by United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2022 analyses regional and subregional progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. This publication applies a measurement framework developed by ESCAP to identify progress gaps and acceleration requirements at goal, target and indicator levels. On chapter 3 (Vulnerabilities and the pandemic: Risk of widening disparities), the report was developed in cooperation with UN agencies; ILO, IOM, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNODC, and UNWomen. The following topics are introduced in the report: Chapter 1 - Regional overviewChapter 2 - Around Asia-Pacific: Diverse progress across subregionsChapter 3 - Vulnerabilities and the pandemic: Risk of widening disparitiesChapter 4 - Unpacking the SDG data gaps

Disability-inclusive employment has yet to be achieved in the Asia-Pacific region, home to 472 million working-age persons with disabilities.

Assesses the region's outlook as it navigates through global uncertainties, providing policy options and strategies to support countries in striving towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The report analyses a wide range of areas including economic growth, inflation, trade and investment, financial markets, inequality, employment, and environmental concerns.

Since early 2020, COVID-19 (coronavirus) has triggered unprecedented and globally-synchronized health, social and economic crises.

This annual ESCAP publication discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), collectively referred to as countries with special needs (CSN).

Produced in connection with the global midterm review of the Vienna Programme of Action for LLDCs 2014-2024, this publication explores structural transformation for poverty reduction in Asia's landlocked developing countrites (LLDCs), including related policy making and financial mobilization.

Analyses trends as well as data availability for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific and its five subregions. The report assesses gaps which must be closed to achieve the goals by 2030. This assessment is designed to ensure the region's actions remain on target.

Economic policymaking in Asia-Pacific developing countries has, understandably, long been focused on maximising economic growth, given the imperatives of poverty reduction and job creation. The 2020 survey identifies the constraints that different stakeholders face and provides a holistic policy package to power through challenges.

Explores critical and emerging policy opportunities to realize urban sustainability for the Asian and Pacific region. The report informs policies and actions from a sustainable development perspective, putting cities at the centre of development policy debates.

Provides an analysis of the rise of non-tariff measures and its implications for Asia and the Pacific. Prepared by ESCAP and UNCTAD, the report reviews the costs and benefits associated with such measures from a sustainable development perspective, and identifies good practices to ensure that they serve their social or environmental purpose.

Chronicles the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific's achievements and future goals, against a backdrop of major global shifts sweeping across the economic, social and environmental landscape.

Discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, collectively referred to as countries with special needs (CSN). This edition offers an analytical background for the multidimensional context of poverty in CSN.

The main objective of the Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2019 is to assess regional and subregional progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. It will highlight areas of SDGs that the region has made progress and areas that need collective decisions for prioritizing acceleration.

Adopts a rigorous approach to measuring and quantifying progress in the level of inclusion and empowerment of marginalised groups across countries in the the Asia-Pacific region. The report focuses on three main areas of direct link to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs, namely education, employment and income.

The Asia-Pacific region is home to five of the world's ten countries most affected by climate risks. Against such a backdrop, bold and wise policies are needed to maintain growth momentum while enhancing the drivers of sustainable development. This survey explores the critical role of investment for SDG requirements.

Provides a deepening understanding of trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region. The report looks at issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies, and the impacts such policies have on countries' abilities to meet the challenges of achieving inclusive and sustainable development.

Argues that to reduce poverty in Asia and the Pacific, countries need to step up their investment in people, in particular on social protection, education and health care. This requires policymakers to identify the population groups that are disproportionally poor as well as the specific barriers that hinder their escape from poverty.

Chronicles the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific's achievements and future goals, against a backdrop of major global shifts sweeping across the economic, social and environmental landscape.

Reviews the facts and issues related to the roles of services in global value chains. This study provides the framework to understand and assess the linkages among different services as well as between services and manufacturing industries.

Reviews the state of play in implementation of trade facilitation and paperless trade in the Asia and the Pacific region. This report also provides estimates of the trade cost reduction potential of trade facilitation implementation scenarios, from basic compliance with the WTO TFA to full digital trade facilitation.

Presents official Records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2017.

Reviews the Asia-Pacific region's inequality trends, challenges, and achievements, and identifies policy gaps across the three dimensions of inequality - inequality of outcome, inequality of opportunity and inequality of impact.

This publication informs inter-governmental and inter-agency regional decision making in support of implementing the 2030 Agenda in the region. It highlights areas where progress has been made concerning Sustainable Development Goals and areas that need collective decisions for prioritizing acceleration or changing trends.

Shows that the current strong economic performance in the Asia-Pacific region provides an opportune time for governments to initiate policies that can make economies resilient, inclusive and sustainable. The report contains analyses of such issues and explores available policy options.

Reports on trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies, and the impacts of these policies on countries' abilities to meet the challenges of achieving inclusive and sustainable development.

Socially responsible business (SRB) is an approach in which for-profit businesses are proactively operating and undertaking projects that are aligned to achieving the long-term economic, social and environmental objectives of society. This book aims to increase the knowledge of policymakers and corporate leaders on SRB practices.

The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing profound and rapid population changes.

International trade has been placed prominently into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015, as an engine for economic growth and development.

Offers an evidence-based look at progress at the regional and country level, providing an overview of long-term trends since 1990, and focuses on progress achieved in the period 2012-2014. The report also examines the key drivers behind progress, and identifies challenges to achieving energy access, efficiency, and renewable energy objectives.

Provides an in-depth analysis to first determine the level of achievement ipossible under the current policy regime by developing a baseline. It then identifies the gap between the baseline and the 2030 targets to inform policymakers the additional efforts and resources that would be needed to adequately achieve SDG7 targets.