Access to off-farm employment has been expected to be a critical approach to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition, two important targets of achieving Zero Hunger...
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China has emerged as a global leader in strategic technologies such as 5G, renewable energy, and electric vehicles in the past two decades. This dominance may leave European...
This scoping review examines the existing evidence on the impacts of the ongoing crisis in six countries in Asia and the Pacific region. This report provides relevant insights on the shocks faced by the region...
Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) are growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than before the pandemic. Slowing global growth, still tight financial...
Highlights: The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2024 is one of the annual flagship publications of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It...
Food systems transformation in the Asia-Pacific depends on disseminating and mainstreaming new approaches that foster sustainable agriculture. One such approach is agroecology. In the Asia-Pacific region, several agroecological...
Highlights: Agroecology is a promising approach that is transforming agrifood systems across the Asia-Pacific Region. Indeed, there is increasing evidence of positive results with the transition to agroecology, and these include...
Background The East Asia region is facing an increasing burden of overweight, obesity and related noncommunicable diseases, resulting from an ongoing nutrition transition. This study aimed to document the growing...
Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) contribute minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions (0.03 percent) yet disproportionately suffer from climate change impacts...
Highlights: Growth in Pacific island countries decelerated to 5.5% in 2023 after a historically high growth rate of 9.1% in 2022, reflecting slowing economic activity in Fiji...