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Move from GDP to comprehensive indicator frameworks in Asia and the Pacific
Get PDFToo much focus on economic growth has come at costs of persistent inequality and rising environmental pressure in Asia and the Pacific. It is urgent to widen the measurement of progress from a single focus on GDP to comprehensive indicator frameworks. To achieve so, countries should enhance capacity of data producers and users to develop broader development indicators and to use them in policymaking. Cross-Government agency coordination is essential to use such indicators in an integrated approach to address development issues
Pacific-IX desktop feasibility study : feasibility study into subsea cable transmission and establishment of a Pacific Islands internet exchange
Get PDFThis Report has been prepared by Dr Paul Brooks of Layer 10 for the Internet Society, in support of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway initiative of UN-ESCAP.As a technical input to the implementation of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway(AP-IS) initiative in the Pacific, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) collaborated with the Internet Society (ISOC) to assess if a regional ‘Pacific Internet Exchange Point’ is technically feasible for the purpose of strengthening Internet traffic and network management among Pacific island countries. This study contributes to the policy dialogue of Pacific island countries on the subject matter
Learning materials on trade facilitation
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. ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office worked with Mr. Alvin C K Mah (United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade and Transport in Asia and the Pacific, UNNExT) in developing the learning materials.</p
Asia-Pacific Beijing+25 declaration and report
No full textThe Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review was adopted at a three-day Ministerial Conference, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in November 2019.
The Declaration recognizes women as key contributors and vital agents in combating poverty and inequalities, and calls upon governments to ensure inclusive social protection systems, public services and infrastructure. With its adoption, countries also committed to ensure women’s economic empowerment and the integration of women into the formal economy. Governments agreed to take appropriate measures and extend legal and social protections to ensure that all women and girls have equal opportunities for education, decent work, favourable conditions of work and financial inclusion.
Countries further committed to work together with key stakeholders to transform negative gender norms, discriminatory social attitudes and to eliminate structurally unequal power relations that persist between women and men. They additionally highlighted the need to strengthen gender-responsive national statistical systems and data collection for an enhanced understanding of gender gaps in the region.
Governments also called upon ESCAP to continue serving as a regional and subregional platform to promote greater dialogue and cooperation among countries. The Declaration mandates ESCAP, in collaboration with other UN agencies, to support relevant national institutions in monitoring and implementing the global Beijing Platform for Action commitments.
The Declaration will serve as the regional input to the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the global review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in New York March 2020
Ageing and its economic implications
Get PDFPopulation ageing is a global phenomenon with significant impacts on sustainable development. While being a positive outcome of economic and social development, population ageing will require new economic and social policies if countries are to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Using simulations, the paper shows the impact of different policy options to maintain economic growth in ageing societies in Asia and the Pacific, using China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, and Thailand, as examples. For each country, the effect of different mitigating policies that seek to stimulate the economy by affecting demography, labour force participation, and productivity are discussed, along with actionable policy recommendations which can be applied to other countries or areas in similar circumstances. The recommendations include increasing labour force participation of older persons, in particular women, to maintain growth and contain the relative size of spending for high-income countries, and to generate growth and provide the fiscal means to finance social protection for upper-middle income countries. Recommendations for lower-middle income economies, particularly for those countries that run the greatest risk of becoming old before they become rich, include investing in productivity enhancement. This involves investing in health and education, ensuring adequate physical capital infrastructure, and a concerted plan to increase the formalisation of the workforce. Recommendations also include measures how to increase labour force participation of women and older persons and on strengthening pension systems
Asia-Pacific tech monitor. Vol. 37, No. 2, Apr - Jun 2020
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In a national innovation system, Intellectual Property (IP) plays a vital role in stimulating industrial development. Enabling IP policies drive growth of innovative enterprises faster through facilitating innovation, technology transfer and commercialization. Therefore, effective exploitation of IP is crucial to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 9 (build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation).
The Global Innovation Index 2019 highlights impressive progress of some Asia-Pacific countries in the area of intellectual property. For example, China achieves top ranks in patents, industrial designs and trademarks by origin, and the Republic of Korea keeps first spot in national patent applications and industrial designs. The Islamic Republic of Iran shows strong performance in patent applications, scientific and technical publications, trademarks and industrial designs. However, there are still countries in this region that are ranked at the bottom quartile of this index with low levels of innovation and generation of intellectual property.Introductory Note ... 2
Technology Market Scan ... 3
Technology Scan: Technology innovations to control COVID-19 ... 9
Special Theme: Intellectual Property Management
Accelerating innovation in a successful
technology transfer ecosystem
Biruntha Mooruthi ... 17
A practical guide for MSME intellectual property management on E-commerce platforms
Hong Xue ... 25
Intellectual property management
A case study of a license of ultra-low-ammonia latex for
asphalt cement in Thailand
Chaveewan Kongkaew, Piyada Suwandittakul,
Suriyakamon Montha, and Orakanoke Phanraksa ... 31
Intellectual property rights and intellectual property management
Pankaj Prabhakar Borkar, Ashutosh Paturkar ... 37
Tech Events ... 42
Tech Ventures & Opportunities ... 43
Business Coach
Start-up Venture Creation ... 44
Technology Transfer ... 46
Venture Financing ... 50
Managing Innovation ... 53
Green Productivity ... 55
Tech Opportunities
Technology Offers ... 5
The disaster riskscape across the Pacific small island developing states : key takeaways for stakeholders
Get PDFThe Disaster Riskscape across the Pacific Small Island Developing States: Key Takeaways for Stakeholders presents a comprehensive analysis of the sub-region’s riskscape to inform policy actions. The overall message is that disaster risks are converging with critical socio-economic vulnerabilities, environmental degradation and climate change, to make the Pacific SIDS a disaster hotspot.</p
Towards low-cost digital remittances : supporting migrants during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Get PDFThe paper presents a brief overview of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on remittance flows in Asia-Pacific. The study discusses the importance of lowering the remittances transfer fees for migrant households and remittance-dependent economies in Asia and the Pacific in the time of the ongoing 2020 economic crisis. The paper presents discrepancies in remittance transfer fees between remittance transfer corridors in the region with respect to technologies used and analyses major barriers for digital finance spread across Asia-Pacific. The paper concludes with a set of policy recommendations which would decrease remittance transfer fees towards SDG10 target of less than 3 per cent, thus improve the situation of migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the years to follow