Tax Policy And Public Expenditure Management Key To Financing Sustainable...
Asia-Pacific policymakers at a high-level United Nations dialogue in Bangkok today concluded that tax policy and public expenditure management will play a central role in effectively pursuing the 2030...
View ArticleEffective Governance Key To Improving Quality Of Asia-Pacific Economic Growth...
The Asia-Pacific region’s high and steady economic growth has been an anchor of stability for the struggling world economy in recent years. Developing economies of the region now account for almost a...
View ArticleReducing Infrastructure Gaps Can Boost Sustainable Development In Countries...
Geographically disadvantaged nations and least developed countries (LDCs) in the Asia-Pacific region can boost national incomes, educational attainment and life expectancy by reducing their sizeable...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Must Boost Development Reform Efforts To Achieve 2030 Agenda
Asia and the Pacific, a region with an impressive development track record, will need to step up its overall development reform effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030,...
View ArticleClimate Change Threatens Agriculture In Pacific Rim Economies – Analysis
By J Nastranis Global warming is expected to have a significant impact on future yields of everything from rice to fish, particularly in countries situated closer to the equator, the Food and...
View ArticleBangladesh, Cambodia And China Sign Treaty To Strengthen Digital Trade
Bangladesh, Cambodia and China today signed the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, a new United Nations treaty aimed at strengthening digital...
View ArticleTowards A Resource Efficient And Pollution Free Asia-Pacific – OpEd
Senior government officials from across Asia and the Pacific will meet in Bangkok this week for the first-ever Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment. The high-level meeting is co-convened...
View ArticleUN Environment Summit Opens With Focus On Sustainable Use Of Natural...
The first Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment opened in Bangkok this week with a call for governments in the region to forge a transformative alliance that will drive forward an...
View ArticleGovernments Commit To Promote More Resource Efficient And Pollution Free...
Environment ministers and high-level officials from over 30 countries in Asia-Pacific have committed to move towards a clean and green Asia-Pacific, one that is more resource efficient and pollution...
View ArticleOlder Persons Key Players In Global Development Agenda – OpEd
As the proportion of the older persons across the Asia-Pacific region increases exponentially, we must seek out new and innovative approaches to turn this demographic trend into an opportunity to be...
View ArticleNo Trace Of Early Contact Between Rapanui And South Americans In Ancient DNA
Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) has long been a source of intrigue and mystery. How did such a small community of people build so many impressively large statues? And what happened to cause that...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Trade Growing, But Uncertainties Expected For 2018
The trade outlook for the Asia-Pacific region is positive for this year but some uncertainties are forecast for 2018, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)...
View ArticleESCAP-China Partnership To Strengthen Public Private Partnerships In...
China and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have signed a new agreement to strengthen Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the region, with a key focus...
View ArticleDigitization: Why Developing Nations Must Invest Now – Analysis
One of the biggest stories of the year that has barely registered on the blips of policymakers and the wider public is the phenomenal growth of the Internet of Things (IoT). Its market size is expected...
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