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Urban mobility and application of sustainable urban transport index : Ulaanbaatar
No full textUlaanbaatar is the capital and the largest city of Mongolia. The city is not a part of any province (aimag). It is the country's industrial, economical, financial, science and technological, cultural and political heart. The city is the center of Mongolia's state road network and connected by the Trans-Mongolian Railway, which connects Trans-Siberian Railway via Naushki in Russia and Chinese Railway system via Jining. The national and municipal governments regulate a system of public and private transit providers, which operate bus lines around the city. There is also an Ulaanbaatar trolleybus system. A secondary transit system of privately owned passenger vans operates alongside these bus lines (majority of them are informal). Additionally, Ulaanbaatar has over 566 taxis officially. For additional reports or materials on Sustainable urban transport index, please click here
Handbook on negotiating sustainable development provisions in preferential trade agreements : update
Get PDFThis Handbook provides guidance on how to negotiate sustainability and cooperation provisions in RTAs with the aim of assisting developing countries to more fully capture the benefits that such agreements may offer through further economic and social development, improved market access and development of productive and supply capacity.
The target beneficiaries are government officials and trade negotiators from developing countries in Asia and the Pacific in particular. The Handbook can also prove beneficial to those in other developing countries around the world, as well as to the wider policymaking community.</p
National action plan promoting the Philippines's digital trade integration in the Asia-Pacific region
No full textThe Asia-Pacific region is already the fastest growing e-commerce marketplace. The region covers 43% of the global share of the e-commerce market with a value of $1 trillion in e- commerce transactions. In this context, those countries in the region which will succeed in implementing a conducive environment that can leverage on digital trade are set to benefit the most from the value created by the digital economy. The Philippines is one of these countries.
The analysis is based on the measures listed in the database of the Regional Digital Trade Integration Index (RDTII), on the country study on digital trade integration in the Philippines developed by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and on other recent reports on digital trade strategy in the Philippines. While the Philippines overall has a strong environment for digital trade, to fully harness the potential of digital trade for its economy, the government has a strong role to play to implement conducive policies. The policy actions included in this national action plan cover six main areas: (i) public procurement, (ii) foreign direct investment, (iii) telecommunication infrastructure, (iv) data retention policies, (v) intermediary liability, and (vi) import and certification of digital goods. In addition, the report presents a brief section (section vii) on complementary policies covering human capital and digital skills, startups, collaboration with the private sector and enhancement of data collection. Finally, the report concludes with a reference to trade negotiations at plurilateral and multilateral levels which might be of relevance as a leverage to lift some of the restrictions identified in the analysis.</p
SDG 7 localisation snapshot : Borongan City, Eastern Samar, Philippines
Get PDFSDG7 Localisation Snapshot provides a brief overview of the key areas related to implementation of the Sustainable Goal 7 (SDG7) to ‘Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all’ at the local level based on the answers provided by the jurisdiction to the SDG7 Localisation questionnaire.
Questionnaire allowed to collect the assessments from the local officials regarding the situation on the implementation of SDG7 in their jurisdiction. SDG7 Localisation Snapshot
is a part of the collaborative project of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to
support city and sub-national governments in accelerating their efforts in the field of sustainable energy. SDG 7 Localisation Snapshots are short publications of the cities’ self-assessment regarding their capacity and availability of policies, actions and resources for supporting SDG 7 localisation. The Snapshots can download here
How to design gender-sensitive social protection systems
No full textThis is the sixth in a series of policy primers developed to support policymakers and practitioners in Asia and the Pacific in their efforts to strengthen social protection. This policy primer explains how social protection systems can be designed to recognize and compensate for interruptions in paid work, low earnings and informality that disproportionately impact women.</p
Guide to enhancing trade information portals
No full textThe Guide to enhancing Trade Information Portals proposes a governance framework and guidelines that can be used as an assessment and improvement roadmap, especially for assessing the current or as-is conditions of an existing Trade Information Portals (TIPs), and then generating recommendations for further enhancing its quality and impacts. The readers of this guide will learn how to evaluate and generate recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness and the sustainability of TIPs.
The sections in this Guide contain the following content:
- Section 1 presents objectives and challenges of TIPs;
- Section 2 proposes a framework for effective and sustainable TIPs;
- Section 3 elaborates on how to consolidate and publish effective contents;
- Section 4 discusses on evaluating TIP features, functions and performance ;
- Section 5 discusses on measuring and improving high-impact quality attributes;
- Section 6 describes use of the Maturity Roadmap Model for ensuring highly effective TIPs;
- Section 7 proposes measures to be taken for possible enhancement of TIPs;
Readers of the Guide are recommended to take the online course on enhancing Trade Information Portals (TIPs). The online course is available HERE
UNESCAP Bangkok Waste Account 2017-2020
Get PDFThis is a report of a case study that demonstrates how the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) framework, focusing on solid waste accounts, can be applied and implemented at a micro scale, e.g., in a company or an organization. The ESCAP Bangkok compound served as the facility for this case study.
The Waste Accounts (physical supply and use tables) was generated for the UNESCAP Bangkok compound for the period 2017- 2020. The results of the waste accounts provides supplemental information, evidence and recommendations to improve the ESCAP's waste management programme and strategies.</p
