ESCAP Repository (United Nations ESCAP)
Not a member yet
8868 research outputs found
Sort by
Gender and social dimensions of transport
Get PDFThe Transport and Communication Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific is a peer-reviewed journal that is published once a year by the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The Bulletin attempts to widen and deepen the debate on the issues of interest and concern in the transport sector. For the 91st issue, the Bulletin focuses on the theme of “Gender and Social Dimension of Transport.
Women are largest users of public transport and their transport needs are different. The Asia-Pacific population is ageing rapidly, and the region has an estimated 690 million persons with disabilities. Addressing gender and social dimensions of transport is vital for socio-economic development as well as building inclusive and barrier free communities. Yet gender and social concerns are not adequately reflected in transport policies and projects. Lack of disaggregated gender data, limited opportunity to transport jobs for women, lack of knowledge to mainstream gender and issues of vulnerable transport users are hindering development of gender inclusive and accessible transport system.
Transport policy makers, planners and stakeholders from the region need to address gender and social dimensions of transport to ensure universal accessibility, inclusiveness and security of transport systems and services. There remains greater opportunity to address different transport needs of women, differently abled and aged population while formulating transport policies and provide opportunities for women to join transport sector as policy makers, workers, or users.
The following five papers selected for this issue contribute to different aspects and novel perspectives on the theme of gender and social inclusion in transport.
1. Gender Sensitive Mobility Policies: Case Studies from Two Indian Cities, Kochi, and Surat by H. M. Shivanand Swamy, Shalini Sinha, G.P. Hari, and Dennis Jose
2. Mainstreaming Gender in the Trail Bridge Sub-Sector in Nepal: Tracing the Development of Policy Changes by Ansu Tumbahangfe
3. Diversity Mainstreaming as Panacea for Inclusive Transport Policy: The Twin Case of Windhoek, Namibia and Delhi, India by Alicia Yon and Rewa Marathe
4. Promoting an Inclusive Transport and Cross-Border Trade in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal Sub-region by Kajal Sharda and Jithin Sabu
5. Gender, Inclusive Transport and Sustainable Development Goals: A Legal Perspective to Transport Policies by Aakriti Singhai and Krati Singhai1. Gender Sensitive Mobility Policies: Case Studies from Two Indian Cities, Kochi, and Surat by H. M. Shivanand Swamy, Shalini Sinha, G.P. Hari, and Dennis Jose
2. Mainstreaming Gender in the Trail Bridge Sub-Sector in Nepal: Tracing the Development of Policy Changes by Ansu Tumbahangfe
3. Diversity Mainstreaming as Panacea for Inclusive Transport Policy: The Twin Case of Windhoek, Namibia and Delhi, India by Alicia Yon and Rewa Marathe
4. Promoting an Inclusive Transport and Cross-Border Trade in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal Sub-region by Kajal Sharda and Jithin Sabu
5. Gender, Inclusive Transport and Sustainable Development Goals: A Legal Perspective to Transport Policies by Aakriti Singhai and Krati Singhai</p
APDIM preliminary assessment of the gaps and needs for disaster risk information and data management platforms in Asia and the Pacific region
Get PDFThe APDIM Preliminary Assessment of the Gaps and Needs for Disaster Risk Information and Data Management Platforms in Asia and the Pacific Region was prepared by the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) the regional institute of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).Disaster risk assessments and data management platforms are tools to serve the process of identifying risks and risk drivers in order to design and implement effective disaster risk management policies and investments. The research conducted in this study reconfirmed the persisting challenges in using risk information, including risk assessments, in public policies and plans. Some of the key reasons identified in this connection are:
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation are yet not integrated into all sectors' policy design, planning, and operations. This means the use of hazard and risk assessment is not well established and embedded in planning processes.
The weakness in connections and relationships between science and policy entities is a barrier for translating objectives, approaches, and communication of risk information into risk reduction policies.
The majority of risk assessments conducted by technical institutions are focused on the objective of research and scientific advancement and their success is measured by indicators that are commonly used in the research and academia (i.e. published journal articles). These objectives are not fully aligned with the focus, feasibility, and usefulness required for understanding disaster risk and effective disaster risk management in public policy and private investments, especially when considering limited resources and capacities in developing countries.
Most risk assessments do not diagnose the causes of risk, are not accompanied by risk reduction options and do not evaluate the performance of those options including the risk reduction opportunities. This means the audience of risk assessment results is left with an unanswered question of: What can we do?
Based on preliminary research with inputs from regional entities and national institutions from four countries, the report provides an overview of available risk datasets covering the Asia and Pacific region or a sub-region, shares the findings on challenges, gaps in supply, and demand from national and regional entities, and provides five suggestions for the way forward to support countries in enhancing understanding disaster risk and using risk information for disaster risk reduction
Inequality of opportunity : who are those left behind? : Maldives and other Asia-Pacific SIDS
Get PDFThe ESCAP Inequality of Opportunity analysis uses two new methodological tools to measure inequality in the distribution of basic services and to identify the furthest behind in the same development areas. In both methods, population groups are defined by common circumstances over which the individual has little or no direct control.
The analysis in the Maldives explores inequality in 10 areas affecting a person’s life prospects (6 opportunities and 4 barriers): bank account ownership, internet use, completion of secondary and higher education, women’s demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods, ability to protect from COVID-19, prevalence of sexual or physical violence against women, and prevalence of stunting, wasting and overweight in children under 5 years of age.
This report starts by reviewing overall inequality of opportunity levels, situating Maldives among other Small Island Developing States (section 2). It then zooms into Maldives to identify the shared circumstances of population groups that are left furthest behind in areas with significant inequality (section 3).</p
Statistical newsletter. No. 42, June 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)
Handbook on provisions and options for trade in times of crisis and pandemic
No full textThis handbook is developed under the Global Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in collaboration with UNCTAD, ECA, UNECE, ECLAC, ESCWA and World Trade Organization.COVID-19 has brought significant disruption to international trade and supply chains. Countries have massively relied on ad-hoc, unilateral measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. While some of these measures were trade restrictive and others trade facilitating, their overall effectiveness has been undermined by lack of coordination. This has been the case despite the existence of the multilateral trade rules and many regional trade agreements (RTAs), which reminded us of the insufficiency of the existing trade provisions to provide protection and resilience under crisis circumstances.
In order to improve RTAs in ensuring more resilient, coordinated and predictable responses to future crises, ESCAP in collaboration with the other 4 UN Regional Economic Commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched the Global Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and Other Trade Agreements (IMP). This Handbook is the main outcome of the Initiative, including inputs of a wide range of experts from academia, government, international organisations, civil society, and the private sector.
This Handbook comprehensively covers all the major rules areas in RTAs, including Essential Goods and Services, Trade Facilitation, SPS and TBT Measures, Intellectual Property Rights, Digital Trade, Transparency, and Development. It identifies key issues in each area and explores options for provisions that could be used in future RTAs to provide sufficient guidance during future crises. The options for provisions include “baseline”, “baseline+”, and “discretionary” options, depending on the extent of obligations, protection, resilience and policy space provided by those provisions. This Handbook will help enhance the understanding of existing trade provisions and guide the design of more tailored provisions in the future.
Note: This Handbook is published without publication edits and it is a living document, we will continue working on updating it.
UN Course based on the Handbook: https://www.unescap.org/training/rta-ttcp
Moe information about the Initiative: Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements | ESCAP (unescap.org)</p
Mongolia’s child money programme : results from ESCAP’s social protection simulation tool
Get PDFThis paper is based on a request by the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Mongolia. The focus was discussed with the UNCT and the findings drawn on ESCAP’s Social Protection Simulation Tool. The main purpose of the paper is to examine how different benefit levels and targeting regimes of Mongolia’s Child Money Programme (CMP) could impact levels of coverage, consumption, poverty and inequality, as well as their cost implications.</p
Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into local action in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific
Get PDFCommissioned by Environment and Development Division ESCAPThis UN Development Account (DA) project on “Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into local action in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific” aimed to assist city governments and other key urban stakeholders in adapting their local development plans to achieve sustainable management of natural resources, and implementing linked activities to enable localization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation. For achieving this overarching systemic goal, a thematic SDG subset of linked goals were identified that were required for Sustainable Urban Resource Management (SURM). Those identified included SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities), SDG 12 (responsible production and consumption), and SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals). At a regional level, the project aimed to strengthen regional capacity to localize SDG implementation and reporting, and the evaluation of progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals at the urban level in Asia and the Pacific.Acknowledgments.........................................................................................................................................iiList of acronyms .................................................................................................................................iiiExecutive summary ..............................................................................................................................v1. Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................12. Description of the Project......................................................................................................................22.1 Background.......................................................................................................................................22.2 Project objectives and expected accomplishments/results.............................................................22.3 Link to Sustainable Development Goals...........................................................................................22.4 Project Strategies, Key Activities and Adaptations ..........................................................................32.5 Beneficiaries and target countries ...................................................................................................52.6 Implementing Partners and Key Stakeholders.................................................................................62.7 Resources.........................................................................................................................................72.8 Innovative element of project..........................................................................................................83. Evaluation objectives, scope and questions.........................................................................................93.1 Purpose and objectives....................................................................................................................93.2 Evaluation scope, criteria and questions .........................................................................................94. Methodology........................................................................................................................................125. Evaluation findings ..............................................................................................................................165.1 Effectiveness...................................................................................................................................165.2 Relevance .......................................................................................................................................185.3 Efficiency ........................................................................................................................................195.4. Sustainability .................................................................................................................................215.5. Gender and Equity.........................................................................................................................235.6. Innovations....................................................................................................................................235.7. Localization of Agenda 2030 .........................................................................................................246. Conclusions..........................................................................................................................................257. Lessons learned/good practices..........................................................................................................278. Recommendations...............................................................................................................................28</p