1. Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2000: achievements since 1995 and agenda for 2000. 1999. 7p. (ESCAP/ENRD(2)/INF.1)
Presents a summary report of the progress made to date under four objectives: 1) pollution reduction, prevention and control and enhancement of environmental quality; 2) conservation and management of natural resources and ecosystems; 3) sustainable development policy improvement; and 4) sustainable development indicators and assessment.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
2. Ministerial conferences: Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2000: achievements since 1995 and agenda for 2000. 1999. 14p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/4)
The fourth conference will carry on the commitment made at the previous conferences by assessing the regional state of the environment and policies for sustainable development and by developing a strategic approach to the critical environmental issues of the region in the new millennium. The major outcomes of the Conference will include a declaration, a commitment from the region, and the regional action programme for the period 2001-2005.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ RESOURCES MANAGEMENT/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
3. Ministerial conferences: Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific: final preparations. 1999. 8p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/5)
Describes the final preparations for the Conference, which will take place in New Delhi from 15 to 20 November 1999. It will provide a forum for policy planners and decision makers to develop new policy scenarios, map out a blueprint for regional space development, and decide upon a regional programme to be implemented as the second phase of the Programme.
SPACE TECHNOLOGY/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
4. Programme planning and implementation: draft medium-term plan for the period 2002-2005. 1999. 8p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/8)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT/ MEDIUM TERM PLANS/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
5. Programme planning and implementation: implementation of the programme of work and priorities, 1998-1999, including recommendations of the Committee on Environment and Natural resources Development at its first session. 1999. 11p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/6)
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY/ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ PROGRAMMES OF ACTION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
6. Programme planning and implementation: programme of work and priorities, 2000-2001 and proposed programme changes: subprogramme on environment and natural resources development. 1999. 11p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/7)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT/ PROGRAMMES OF ACTION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
7. Selected issues relating to the work of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Development: policy issues in integrating environmental considerations into economic decision-making. 1999. 13p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/1)
Describes several issues relating to the integration of environment and development policies, focusing on economic planning and decision-making. Two main areas of focus have been implemented: a) structural aspects such as institutional arrangements, and b) strategic environmental management, which emphasizes proactive approaches with specific targets and wide participation from various stakeholders.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT/ ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ ECONOMIC PLANNING/ DECISION MAKING/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
8. Selected issues relating to the work of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Development: efficient utilization of energy in supply-side facilities and demand-side management. 1999. 13p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/2)
Focuses on salient issues in enhancing the sustainability of energy systems. Analyses the current status, trends and issues in the promotion and efficient production and utilization of energy. Highlights the potential role that energy efficiency and conservation initiatives can play in the promotion of a sustainable energy future. Suggests strategic options that would require the special attention of policy makers and other stakeholders.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ SUPPLY AND DEMAND/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
9. Selected issues relating to the work of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Development: integrated assessment, development and management of land and mineral resources for sustainable economic development. 1999. 12p. (E/ESCAP/ENRD(2)/3)
Presents a broad overview of some of the emerging issues in the Asian and Pacific region that are related to sustainable mineral supplies as raw materials for industry, emerging partnerships within the mining industry, environmental management, and related social issues. Discusses also the development and management of land resources, with special focus on natural hazards in densely populated areas.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/ MINERAL RESOURCES/ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT/ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
10. Building partnerships for Beijing implementation and women's empowerment. 1999. 40p.
Empowerment of women is not achievable simply through gender awareness raising and gender equity approaches to development which focus on the allocation of resources and better opportunities for women in society. The consistent, long term collaboration amongst many women's groups, NGOs and networks, for women's empowerment, is a powerful link between women in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS/ WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION/ POLITICAL PARTICIPATION/ EQUAL RIGHTS/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
11. High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: draft report. 1999. 60p.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS/ WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION/ EQUAL RIGHTS/ SEX DISCRIMINATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION/ CONFERENCE REPORTS
12. An integrated and collaborative approach to addressing violence against women in the Pacific. 1999. 9p.
Stresses that the key to the elimination of violence against women and children is collaboration between all sectors of the community and that a coordinated approach as the key to prevention is in itself the first step in an all effort to combat violence in the family. Protecting the safety of family members is paramount; services provided by NGOs to victims of violence is necessary and requires greater support.13. Issues in women's political empowerment in the Asia-Pacific region. 1999. 19p.
Obstacles to women's empowerment spring from cultural stereotypes and institutional barriers in the public sphere. Their political empowerment is premised on three fundamental and non-negotiable principles: 1) the equality between women and men; 2) women's right to the full development of their potentials; and 3) women's right to self-representation and self-determination.
WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION/ POLITICAL PARTICIPATION/ GENDER ISSUES/ SEX DISCRIMINATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
14. Monitoring and evaluation strategies for the empowerment of women. 1999. 61p.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS/ WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION/ EQUAL RIGHTS/ SEX DISCRIMINATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
15. Overall review of regional implementation of the Beijing Platform of Action. 1999. 128p. (SD/BPA/1)
The Platform of Action focuses on 12 critical areas and sets specific strategic objectives in each of the areas of actions by governments, NGOs, international agencies, private sectors and professional bodies. Significant progress had been made in achieving the objectives set in several areas of strategic concerns, however, the progress achieved to date is far from satisfactory, and has also been highly unequal
WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT/ WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION/ SEX DISCRIMINATION/ HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS/ EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES/ HEALTH SERVICES/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ PROGRAMMES OF ACTION
16. Panel discussion agenda item 5 b): "Rights-based approach to empowerment of women". 1999. 5p.
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS/ INTERNAL MIGRATIONS/ WOMEN'S RIGHTS/ ASIA
17. Report on Regional Workshop towards Women's Political Empowerment. 1999. 7p.
Sums up that women's political empowerment can be achieved only by a combination of several strategies: a conducive legal framework; the effective implementation. a strong and sincere commitment from the side of governmental institutions and political parties; and a strong networking of women's organizations at the national and regional level.
WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION/ POLITICAL POWER/ POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
18. Report of the Regional Seminar on Small Rural Industries in a Liberalized Economic Environment and the Impact on Poverty Alleviation. 1999. 10p.
The Seminar agreed that sub-regional and regional cooperation were important in promoting rural industries. The role of APCTT was recognized. Recommended that ESCAP should continue to facilitate activities and promote rural industrialization through its advisory services and exchange of country experience.
RURAL INDUSTRY/ SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY/ TRADE LIBERALIZATION/ POVERTY MITIGATION/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
19. The experience of growth zones in South-east Asia: Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines. 1999. 36p.
Presents the background of the establishment of the East Asian Growth Area (EAGA). Discusses regional cooperation in this area and policy measures implemented to ensure success of EAGA.
ECONOMIC GROWTH/ FREE TRADE AREAS/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC INTEGRATION/ SOUTH EAST ASIA/ BRUNEI DARUSSALAM/ INDONESIA/ MALAYSIA/ PHILIPPINES
20. The experience of growth zones in South-east Asia: Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore. 1999. 18p.
Describes experience of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore growth triangle under the following topics: economic complementarily, policy environment and institutional arrangements, sources of funding for establishing growth zones, and decentralization of government authority and intra-country distribution of responsibilities. The success of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore growth triangle has led to proposals for other growth triangles in ASEAN, Northeast Asia and South Asia.
ECONOMIC GROWTH/ FREE TRADE AREAS/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC INTEGRATION/ INDONESIA/ MALAYSIA/ SINGAPORE
21. The experience of growth zones in South-east Asia: Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand. 1999. 13p.
The Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) is aimed at jointly developing the infrastructure, natural resources, and industries to strengthen the sub-region's socio-economic base. Also to ensure that the economic benefits are not only enlarged but that the sub-regions be developed to complement other participating regions, and to eliminate encumbrances that inhibit the freer flow of capital, manpower, technology and goods across national boundaries. It strongly encourages the joint efforts between the private sectors to develop the region's potential with minimum intervention from the respective governments.
ECONOMIC GROWTH/ FREE RADE AREAS/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC INTEGRATION/ INDONESIA/ MALAYSIA/ THAILAND
22. Growth zones: an overview, examples and conceptual framework. 1999. 33p.
Discusses the factors affecting growth zones: 1) economic complementarily which covers asymmetry in terms of technology and the quality of human capital endowments available to each participating members in the growth zones; 2) geographic proximity for the reduction in transportation and communication costs; 3) political commitment and policy coordination; and 4) infrastructure development. Case studies are drawn from Southern China growth triangle, which comprises: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan province of China, and four special economic zones in the Southern part of the Peoples Republic of China
ECONOMIC GROWTH/ FREE EXPORT ZONES/ DEVELOPMENT PLANNING/ CASE STUDIES/ CHINA/ EAST ASIA/ TAIWAN PROVINCE, CHINA/ HONG KONG, CHINA
23. Draft medium-term plan for the period 2002-2005: subprogramme 1. Regional Economic Cooperation. 1999. 5p. (E/ESCAP/SREC(11)/4)
REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ MEDIUM TERM PLANS/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
24. Economic recovery in the region: policy issues. 1999. 11p. (E/ESCAP/SREC(11)/1)
Studies recent developments in the crisis-affected economies; examines the strength of the recovery both in the real economy and in its financial counterpart, and provides a brief indication of major policy developments underpinning the recovery.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS/ ECONOMIC RECESSION/ EXCHANGE RATES/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
25. Implications of the economic crisis for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. 1999. 12p. (E/ESCAP/SREC(11)/3)
Reviews emerging issues related to the development of SMEs in countries in crisis and their contribution to economic and social development. Highlights national and regional initiatives to promote SME development in the region.
ECONOMIC RECESSION/ FINANCIAL CRISIS/ SMALL ENTERPRISES/ MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRY/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
26. Regional economic cooperation: initiatives within the SAARC region. 1999. 11p. (SREC(11)/INF.1)
Gives background information on how regional cooperation among South Asian countries has started.
REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ SOUTH ASIA
27. Regional trading arrangements and the integration of developing countries into the international trading system: panel discussion. 1999. 24p. (E/ESCAP/SREC(11)/2)
Provides an overview of the regional trading arrangements in Asia and the Pacific and dwells on the issues involved in using these as a vehicle for trade liberalization and the integration of developing countries into the multilateral trading system. Also examines the scope for cooperation among countries in the region and offers some conclusions regarding their systemic effects, the perceived and actual benefits of membership, and stages in and approaches to the liberalization process.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE/ REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ TRADE LIBERALIZATION/ TRADE AGREEMENTS/ AFTA
28. Steering Group of the Committee on Regional Economic Cooperation on Its Eleventh Meeting: report. 1999. 9p. (E/ESCAP/SREC(11)/Rep.)
REGIONAL COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC COOPERATION/ ECONOMIC RECESSION/ SMALL ENTERPRISES/ MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRY/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
29. Application of imaging technology for capturing population census data: technical description. 1999. 56p. (STAT/WNIT/4)
IMAGE PROCESSING/ NEW TECHNOLOGIES/ POPULATION CENSUSES/ DATA COLLECTION/ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
30. Guidelines on the application of new information technology to population data dissemination. 82p. (STAT/WNIT/5)
Provides information on various practical methods and procedures, based on best practices on IT applications for population data dissemination. Enumerates the pros and cons of various applications that are in current use in some countries and which may be adopted by other countries in the future. Identifies effective dissemination practice, methodology, management, policy and institutional aspects of dissemination.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ NEW TECHNOLOGIES/ DATA COLLECTION/ INFORMATION DISSEMINATION/ POPULATION CENSUSES/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
31. Guidelines on the application of new technology to population data collection and capture. 1999. 94p. (STAT/WNIT/3)
Gives an overview of new technologies that are needed for data collection and capture, including Internet Data Collection(IDC), Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing(CAPI), Optical Mark Reader(OMR), Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing(CATI), and Optical Character Recognition(OCR). Outlines specific technology, system requirements, with case studies.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ NEW TECHNOLOGIES/ POPULATION CENSUSES/ DATA COLLECTION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
32. An overview of the project RAS/96/P12. 1999. 5p. (STAT/WNIT/2)
The project aims at improving the capabilities of member and associate member countries of ESCAP in the application of modern information technology in population statistics production and dissemination.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ POPULATION CENSUSES/ DATA COLLECTION/ INFORMATION DISSEMINATION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
33. Results of the ESCAP survey on applications of information technology to population data. 1999. 13p. (STAT/WNIT/1)
Presents the following information: 1) the use of information technology in the national statistical system; 2) technology used for population censuses and surveys. and 3) tabulation, data storage and dissemination.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ POPULATION CENSUSES/ DATA COLLECTION/ ASIA/ PACIFIC REGION
12 November 1999