ESCAP-EPOC
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 October 2010: The Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific (MCED 6) convened in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 27 September-2 October 2010. During the meeting, Kiribati’s Minister for Finance and Economic Development, Natan Teewe, emphasized the importance of green growth for the economies of the Pacific region.
On behalf of Pacific Island countries at MCED-6, Minister Teewe stated he hoped and expected “that the Green Growth path will generate quality...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
September 2010: ”Paths to 2015: MDG Priorities in Asia and the Pacific” is a report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that provides an update of the status toward achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Asia and the Pacific.
The paper reveals mixed results across countries in the region and points out that the region may reach 2015 with almost 35...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 October 2010: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have released the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2010, on the sidelines of the Fourth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which is convening from 24-28 October 2010, in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
The report notes that the region generated one quarter of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP), but also accounted for 85% of deaths and...
