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News
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28Jul2023
ASEAN forum emphasizes valuing and investing in the care economy as key to advancing gender equality
Women and girls in Asia and the Pacific spend a disproportionate amount of time on unpaid care and domestic work â four times more than men. This gendered division of labour limits their…News -
The convergence of multiple global crises has dialed back much hard-earned progress and sounded the alarm for urgent accelerated action to get the Asia-Pacific region back on track to achieve the 17…Media Advisory
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05Jul2023
New UN survey highlights progress in global trade facilitation despite polycrisis disruptions
Persisting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical turbulence and high inflation continue to challenge international trade. Despite these global disruptions, countries are continuing to move…Press Release -
In March 2023, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC…News
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18Apr2023
ESCAP partners with TransitionZero to accelerate low-carbon development through energy connectivity
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is working with climate data nonprofit TransitionZero providing investment-grade open data and modelling to improve…News -
The United Nations has released a new handbook to build the capacity of developing countries to design and negotiate sustainable development provisions in trade agreements that consider their…News
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05Apr2023
New 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
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27Mar2023
Regional UN forum urges countries to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals amidst compounding crises
Never before have development gains in Asia and the Pacific been at such risk of being swept away by overlapping and intensifying crises. The Tenth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development …Press Release -
Key findings snapshot: At the midpoint towards the 2030 target year, the Asia-Pacific region has reached only 14.4 per cent progress needed to achieve the 17…Press Release