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Asian and Pacific countries today adopted a potentially transformative agenda for transport that would enable greener, smarter and more resilient ways to move people and goods around the region and…

Five humanmade “megatrends” will continue to dominate and frustrate global efforts to put the world on a more sustainable and prosperous path, unless urgent policy interventions to influence them…

The first 2019 Regional High-Level Forum on Green Economy opened recently at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand as part of a series of regional conferences set to take place…

In its annual report, Survey 2019: Ambitions beyond growth, launched today, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) - the UN’s regional arm - says that an additional…

The global economy will continue to grow at a steady pace of around 3 per cent in 2019 and 2020 amid signs that global growth has peaked. However, a worrisome combination of development challenges…

Countries in the region today reinforced their commitment to implement the Regional Action Programme for Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific, Phase I (2017 – 2020). The…

The Regional Consultation on South-South Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific opened in Bangkok today with a strong call to scale up South-South and triangular cooperation initiatives to achieve the…

On 5-6 June in Singapore, the first ever Asia-Pacific Green Investment Catalyst and Green Finance Conference was convened, during a week of events dedicated to green and sustainable finance and…

Mobilizing financing for development remains a fundamental priority in the Asia-Pacific region. The robust growth registered by the region in 2017 and promising prospects for this year provides the…

Asia-Pacific countries met on the sidelines of the ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development in New York this week to explore opportunities for scaling up the Financial Technology Industry (Fintech),…