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

Addresses global and regional trends and opportunities on development cooperation; the ENEA experience in development cooperation; issues and challenges of development cooperation in the subregion; and enhancing development cooperation to achieve sustainable development.

Seeks to support policymakers in promoting accessibility at a policy and practical level. It contains information on relevant global and regional mandates that support and promote disability-inclusive development and accessibility, with a view to demonstrating the multi-faceted value of focusing on disability and accessibility policies to achieve broader development goals.

Provides a historical perspective on regional energy connectivity and its implementation challenges, as well as outlining an action plan for accelerated regional energy integration to bring shared benefits to ESCAP's member States. The report concludes that energy connectivity can increase the supply and reduce the cost of energy, while lowering its social and environmental costs.

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

Official records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2016.

Asia has overtaken the EU as Latin America and the Caribbean's second largest export market. This book explores the present and future scope for the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in biregional trade and value chains and the measures that can be taken to make those chains more inclusive and sustainable.

Addresses economic diversification and its impact on structural transformation, building productive capacities, job creation and enhancing competitiveness of LLDCs in Asia. The primary objective of the report is to discuss the prospects and challenges for economic diversification in Asian LLDCs.

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report is a major annual publication of the Trade and Investment Division of United Nations ESCAP. It provides information on and independent analyses of trends and developments in intra- and inter-regional trade in goods and services; foreign direct investment; trade facilitation measures; trade policy measures; and preferential trade policies and agreements.

Official records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2014.

Examines recent developments in corporate social responsibility (CSR), with particular attention to the growing role of impact investment and the need for greater convergence of global CSR instruments. It also provides recommendations to policymakers to enhance the adoption of CSR as an integral part of business strategy and operations.