| Category: Regional Highlights | ||
 HIV in the Asia Pacific: Getting to Zero ( English) |
This report was launched on Friday 26 August 2010 in Busan, South Korea at the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP 10), which aimed to explore and debate the political complexities of HIV responses in the region. |
 Understanding Electoral Violence in Asia ( English) |
| This 2011 study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) suggests that Asian countries are still at risk of electoral violence which can be driven by real and perceived fraud, corruption, or patronage. |
 MDGs Success Stories from Asia and the Pacific: Accelerating Achievement of the MDGs 2010. ( English) |
This publication is a compilation of success stories and good practices from Asia and the Pacific, collected by the United Nations Millennium Campaign as its contribution to the MDG Review process in September 2010 in New York. It includes 15 short case studies, which feature innovative and successful regional initiatives which have made tangible impact on the MDGs. Each case study attempts to answer the following three questions: What has worked? Why? How can it be scaled up or replicated effectively elsewhere? |
 The Compilation of MDG Case Studies: Reflecting Progress and Challenges in Asia 2010 ( English) |
This regional collection of case studies have been drawn from a number of public hearings and poverty tribunals, which were organized to review the achievement and shortfalls of the MDGs in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Philippines, and Indonesia. The case studies and policy recommendations illustrate the standpoints of civil society and relevant stakeholders, including some UN agencies, in the development process. The case studies are divided into six sections: 1) Poverty and Hunger; 2) Education; 3) Gender; 4) Health; 5) Environmental Sustainability; and 6) Governance and Social Accountability. |
 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010: Summary ( English) |
 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010: Sustaining Recovery and Dynamism for Inclusive Development ( English) |
The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific reviews every year the economic performance of countries in the region. In addition, each Survey contains a study on some region issue affecting these economies. This year’s Survey, entitled “Sustaining Recovery and Dynamism for Inclusive Development ” assesses the critical issues, policy challenges and risks that the region faces in the months ahead as it leads the world economy in recovery from a dire recession. It also outlines the elements of a policy agenda for regaining the region’s dynamism through inclusive and sustainable growth |
 The Global Financial Crisis and the Asia-Pacific Region: A Synthesis Study Incorporating Evidence from Country Case Studies 2009 ( English) |
| This synthesis study, which summarizes the impacts of the crisis and policy responses to the crisis over the past one year, has shown that initially Asia-Pacific was affected severely from the crisis. Trade and financial flows collapsed in almost all countries. Output contracted more severely in many Asian economies than even those nations at the epicenter of the crisis. But starting from the mid-2009, the region is recovering fast. Since the rest of global economy is expected to recover slowly, unlike the Asian crisis in late 1990s, this time Asia cannot rely on an export-led recovery. In this regard, by drawing from a diverse range of settings within the region, the study offers compelling insights into the importance of making growth more inclusive and balanced as well as reasons for a new development paradigm needed for both recovery from the crisis and making the 21st Century as the Asian Century. The key findings and policy recommendations of the study serve as a useful source of information and ideas to policymakers in prioritizing and mitigating measures to address the impact of the crisis, and a stimulus for discussion, innovation and regional cooperation as countries strive to achieve the MDGs and build a brighter future for all. |
 Legal environments, human rights and HIV responses among men who have sex with men and transgender people in Asia and the Pacific: An agenda for action ( English) |
Some 19 of 48 countries in the Asia Pacific region continue to criminalize male-to-male sex, and these laws often taken on the force of vigilantism, frequently leading to abuse and human rights violations. Correspondingly, HIV prevalence has reached alarming levels among men who have sex with men and transgender populations in many countries of the region. If countries fail to address the legal and human rights context of HIV, this already critical situation is likely to become worse. The implementation of effective, national HIV responses requires governments to consider and address the effects of laws and law enforcement practices on the health of men who have sex with men and transgender people. This warning came as a key finding in Legal environments, human rights and HIV responses among men who have sex with men and transgender people in Asia and the Pacific: An agenda for action. The report was commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM). |
 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009: Year-End Updates ( English) |
| This year-end update of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009 gives a snapshot of the region’s current macroeconomic performance. It also reviews emerging challenges and proposes ways in which the region can move in unison from crisis resilience to crisis resistance in the future. |
 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009: Addressing Triple Threats to Development ( English) |
| What is the impact on Asia-Pacific of the global financial crisis? Why commodity price volatility and climate change threaten long-term development? What are the key policy challenges and opportunities for the region? Find the answers to these questions in the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009. |
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