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Methodology : strengthening the evidence base to leave no one behind
Get PDFReducing Inequality in FEALAC Member Countries.Over the past decades, both the Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean regions have made considerable strides in social development driven by economic growth, generating new jobs, increasing labour incomes, strengthening social protection systems, and improving access to basic services and other opportunities. Despite this sustained economic development and substantial reductions in poverty, very large inequalities continue to exist on the basis of wealth, gender, residence, level of education, among other factors. High levels of inequality not only stifle economic progress, but also negatively affect feelings of trust and social cohesion, posing a formidable barrier to sustainable development (ESCAP, 2017).This inequality within countries has sparked public concern and academic interest. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has a stand-alone goal on inequality: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 to “reduce inequalities within and among countries” is thus a core policy priority to ensure a sustainable and prosperous future for all
Big data for environment and agriculture statistics
Get PDFThis Working Paper gives an overview of how geospatial information and Earth Observation data can be used to produce environment and agriculture statistics and presents specific country examples from Asia and the Pacific. It also provides examples of specific country-led efforts to use Earth Observation data for the compilation of SDG indicators. This Working Paper is part of ESCAP's series on the use of non-traditional data sources for official statistics
Frontiers of inclusive innovation : formulating technology and innovation policies that leave no one behind
Get PDFScience, technology and innovation (STI) can increase the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of efforts to meet the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The successful adoption of existing innovations has enabled many economies to sustain economic growth. Innovation can expand access to education and health-care services. Technologies, such as those supporting renewable energy, are also providing options for more environmentally sustainable development paths.
Nevertheless, STI have exacerbated inequalities and created new types of social divides and environmental hazards, establishing new and harder to cross frontiers between those that benefit and those that are excluded. In the context of increasing inequalities and a major pandemic, Governments need to look more seriously at harnessing STI for the Sustainable Development Goals and to leave no one behind. This may require shifting the focus from chasing frontier technologies to expanding the frontiers of innovation. Many promising technologies have already arrived. Economic growth does not have to be the only bottom line of innovation activities. Innovative business models are offering pathways that benefit society and the environment as well as the bottom line.
To maximize STI for inclusive and sustainable development, Governments need to intentionally expand the frontiers of innovation. STI policies must seek not just to explore emerging technologies, but, most importantly, to ensure that more citizens, enterprises and countries can benefit from such technologies and innovations.</p
Transport and communications bulletin for Asia and the Pacific. No. 41
No full textTransport and communications bulletin for Asia and the Far East. (0041-1396
Statistical newsletter. No. 41, March 1981
No full textThe Statistical Newsletter is published quarterly by the Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Disability at a glance 2021: the shaping of disability-inclusive employment in Asia and the Pacific
Get PDFDisability-inclusive employment has yet to be achieved in the Asia-Pacific region, where 690 million persons with disabilities live.
Available data reveal that persons with disabilities fare worse than persons without disabilities throughout the labour market. Persons with disabilities - particularly women, youth and rural inhabitants - experience higher rates of unemployment and economic inactivity and are at greater risk of vulnerable employment and insufficient social protection than others without disabilities. The lack of economic resilience exposed them to even more complex vulnerabilities when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and brought about prolonged public health and socioeconomic crises across the region.
By this publication, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) offers a regional review of the employment status of persons with disabilities. The intent is to galvanize stakeholders into action and to inspire effective and innovative solutions, taking into account latest developments in the world of work. Disability at a Glance 2021: The Shaping of Disability-Inclusive Employment in Asia and the Pacific proposes a range of recommendations to Governments and other stakeholders in the region towards upholding the rights of persons with disabilities to employment that are enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific.</iframe
