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News
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Governments meeting this week at a United Nations forum are considering new ways of assessing public debt sustainability and scaling up sustainable finance against a backdrop of the need to increase…Press Release -
26Oct2023UN forum to urge Asia and the Pacific to review fiscal space to scale up green transition
Amidst weak economic growth prospects, high inflation and elevated interest rates, a UN regional gathering is bringing ministers, policymakers and experts to assess the effects of investments in the…Media Advisory -
05Apr2023New UN report urges a significant shift in thinking about leveraging public debt for development gains
While the average government debt level in the Asia-Pacific region is at an 18-year high, this is not necessarily bad news, and it is time for a bold shift in thinking about public debt…Press Release -
Post-pandemic economic growth in developing Asian and Pacific countries weakened considerably in 2022 and is expected to remain weak in 2023. Not surprisingly, monetary tightening has gathered pace…Media Advisory -
14Apr2022UN: “Great finance divide” amid COVID-19 poses major setback for sustainable development
The crippling cost of debt financing for many developing countries has hamstrung their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, forced cutbacks in development spending, and constrained their ability to…Press Release -
14Jan2022Recovery in East and South Asia gathers pace, but subject to rising downside risks: UN report
The recovery in East and South Asia remains moderately robust, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2022, which was launched today. The report notes that…Press Release -
The latest edition of the United Nations flagship report, the World Economic Situation and Prospects, will be launched in the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, 14 January 2022. The report warns that…Media Advisory -
With the COVID-19 pandemic having pushed some 89 million people in Asia and the Pacific back into extreme poverty in the last two years, countries need to reorient their sizeable economic stimulus…Press Release -
The Asia-Pacific region needs large, yet attainable, investments in resilience to protect development gains amid a fragile and inequitable post-COVID-19 economic recovery, says a report released…Press Release -
The first regional review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Asia and the Pacific concluded today with a call for greater collaboration among countries in the region to…Press Release
