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The state of the world's children report 2015 statistical tables
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
July 31, 2015
Source: Unicef. “State of the world's children report 2015, statistical...
UNICEF's most recent key statistics on child survival, development and protection for the world’s countries, areas and regions. The statistical tables in this volume support UNI...
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015: SDG 12 Responsible Consumption
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
2016
The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 is a reference of current and emerging trends of economic, social and environmental development in Asia and the Pacific. F...
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Food Systems and Natural Resources
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Henk Westhoek, John Ingram, Siemen van Berkum, Leyla Özay, and...
2016
The authors provide solid evidence on the need to transition to more ‘resource-smart food systems’, an imperative for the achievement of at least 12 out of the 17 Sustainable De...
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Food Security
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2006
Policy brief on food security.
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Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Investing in Food Systems for Better Nutrition
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2017
This report presents the trends and levels of the food security and nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific region and highlights relevant policy developments to facilitate ...
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ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) Framework and Strategic Plan of Action on Food Security in the ASEAN Region (SPA-FS) 2015-2020
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Strategic Plan
January 1, 2015
The goal of AIFS Framework and SPA-FS 2015-2020 is to ensure long-term food security and nutrition, to improve the livelihoods of farmers in the ASEAN region. The SPA-FS shall c...
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The Food Insecurity Experience Scale: Measuring food insecurity through people’s experiences
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The FIES is a metric of severity of food insecurity at the household or individual level that relies on people’s direct yes/no responses to eight brief questions regarding their...
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Lower Mekong Workforce Skills Gap Analysis and Implications for Regional Growth.
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Haley Alexander and David Feige
2016
This report, commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Education Data for Decision Making (EdData) II Program, focuses on ways e...
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Scoping and planning of the assessment of basin-wide development scenarios
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mekong River Commission for Sustainable Development
2009
A technical note to describe the agreed approach, scope and work plan for the formulation and assessment of basin-wide development scenarios in the Lower Mekong Delta.
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Asia-Pacific Aspirations: Perspectives for a Post-2015 Development Agenda
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
UNESCAP, ADB, UNDP
2013
The Asia-Pacific region as a whole has had considerable success with the MDGs, particularly in reducing levels of poverty. Nevertheless, the region is off track when it comes to...
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The World's Cities in 2016: Data Booklet
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,...
2016
This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on population estimates and projections published in World Urbani...
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Making SDGs Work for Climate Change Hotspots
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Sylvia Szabo, Robert J. Nicholls, Barbara Neumann, Fabrice G....
2016
The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even ex...
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Joint Statement of the Implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production in ASEAN
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2013
Statement of the Ministers of Environment of the ASEAN member countries on implementing sustainable consumption and production.
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ABC of SCP: Clarifying Concepts on Sustainable Consumption and Production
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
United Nations Environment Programme
2010
This publication “ABC of SCP” aims to clarify the main terms and concepts related to sustainable consumption and production, and other terms associated with sustainable developm...
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Borderlines: Vietnam's booming furniture industry and timber smuggling in the Mekong Region
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
2008
This report contains new information from field investigations carried out by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)and its partner Telapak. It exposes how the rapid growt...
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Measurement to Assess the Effectiveness of System-level and SDG Investing
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
William Burckart, Steve Lydenberg and Jessica Ziegler
2018
The report examines how investors can chart a course to assess system-level issues (like those contained in the SDGs) appropriate for their specific situation, and then establis...
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Mekong-India Economic Corridor (Concept Paper)
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
2009
The Mekong-India Economic Corridor (MIEC) involves integrating the four Greater Mekong Countries viz. Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam (here-in after referred as Mekong C...
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 1, 2018
Source: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) - Oxford...
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional income-based pove...
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Defintion of Forests: A Review
Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
D. Venkateswarlu
2013
The definition of word "Forest" differs from region to region, and country to country based on the objectives of management, land use, vegetation type, composition, altitude, e...
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Forests and Forestry in the Greater Mekong Subregion to 2020
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO
2011
In the 12 years since the first Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was completed in 1998, the region has experienced tremendous changes in nearly every aspect. These cha...