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Learning materials on dry ports
Get PDFThe learning materials were developed for capacity building activities to strengthen subregional connectivity in East and North-East Asia through effective economic corridor management.</p
Surveys under lockdown : a pandemic lesson
Get PDFThe Covid-19 crisis is affecting major data collection activities of national statistical systems around the world. This paper provides an overview of maximum impact of the pandemic crisis on different data collection operations and possible responses by the national statistical offices. It also proposes a mixed-mode panel survey design to enable continuing data collection under lockdown and after pandemic situation with minimum impact on quality of survey results
Innovative Climate Finance Mechanisms for Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Region: Project evaluation report
Get PDFCommissioned by Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk ReductionDivision, with support from Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division, ESCAPThe “Innovative Climate Finance Mechanism for Financial Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region” Development Account (DA) project is a three-year project that began in June 2016 and ended in December 2019. It was designed to strengthen the capacity of financial institutions in the Asia‐Pacific region to develop an enabling policy environment promoting private investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation projects through awareness raising and capacity strengthening activities in selected countries in South and South-West Asia; and South East Asia.Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................ii
List of acronyms........................................................................................................................ iii
Executive summary.................................................................................................................... v
Introduction .........................................................................................................................1
Context of Evaluation...........................................................................................................3
Subject of Evaluation ...........................................................................................................5
Methodology........................................................................................................................8
Findings..............................................................................................................................10
Overall Findings..................................................................................................................19
Lessons Learned and Best Practices – with Recommendations........................................21
ANNEXES ..................................................................................................................................23
Annex 1: Terms of reference................................................................................................23
Annex 2: Project results framework.....................................................................................28
Annex 3: Documents reviewed ............................................................................................30
Annex 4: List of interviewees...............................................................................................32
Annex 5: Data tables and analysis........................................................................................34</p
Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
No full textAI For Social Good, a partnership between APRU, UN ESCAP and Google, released a new report exploring the impact of AI on societies in the Asia-Pacific region. This report is based on realities and experiences from Asia and the Pacific, and provides various perspectives on what AI for social good may look like in this region. More importantly, the report offers suggestions from the research community on how policymakers can encourage, use, and regulate AI for social good
Infrastructure financing in Asian Landlocked Developing Countries : challenges, opportunities and modalities
Get PDFAs one of the main goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the development of reliable and resilient infrastructure (Goal 9), it is imperative that infrastructure financing be given its due importance. Infrastructure development also leads to positive spillover effects such as the promotion of sustainable economic growth and employment (Goal 8) as well as poverty reduction (Goal 1). Infrastructure development directly influences over 80 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals targets.
The Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) in Asia is defined by the United Nations as a group of developing economies with specific geographical features. The LLDCs in Asia comprise 12 countries with varying total and per capita GDP, land areas, and population density as well as differing levels of infrastructure development and infrastructure financing capacity. Based on their overall development and historical disposition, LLDCs in Asia can be categorised into two distinct groups such as: 1) the countries with transition economies (the former Soviet LLDCs and Mongolia); 2) Least Developed Countries (LDCs) .
The main objectives of this paper are to present policymakers an insight on infrastructure financing challenges, opportunities and modalities in Asian LLDCs as well as to make specific policy recommendations to address the aforementioned challenges. The paper will also benefit, among others, international development partners, foreign investors, private sector, and academic communities in these countries.</p
Battambang solid waste management : study report
Get PDFThe Battambang Solid Waste Management Study aims to collect evidence to identify appropriate solutions to support Multi-Stakeholder Network to implement Battambang Smart City Vision 2030 by collecting and incorporating evidence from research and local data, experience from public, private and civil society stakeholders, and perspectives from Battambang local communities. It is part of a project entitled "Localizing the 2030 Agenda through a Sustainable Urban Resource Management (SURM) approach"
Human well-being and capabilities
Get PDFHuman well-being and capabilities are at the core of the transformations envisaged by the 2030 Agenda. This short policy brief reviews how investments in social protection, education and health care can help reduce poverty and inequality, boost well-being and enhance capabilities for all in Asia and the Pacific. The brief is a shortened version of the profile for Entry Point 1: Human Wellbeing and Capabilities, prepared as a background note for the Asian and Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development 2020
Presentation. Implementation of the SPECA trade facilitation strategy. 2020 SPECA Economic Forum
No full textTheme: Regional Cooperation to Support Socioeconomic Recovery in the Wake of COVID-19Session III: “Cross-Border Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade for Inclusive and Efficient Recovery