Asia and the Pacific

The Asia-Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes South, East, Southeast Asia, as well as Oceania. The term may also include parts of Russia (on the North Pacific and especially its Far East regions) and countries in the Americas which are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Russia, Mexico, Peru and the United States. Alternatively, the term sometimes comprises all of Asia and Australasia as well as Pacific island nations (Asia-Pacific …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 21 November 2024 English

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co-Chair of the Activists Coalition for TB in Asia and the Pacific. TB high-burden country India Ms Blessina


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 15 November 2024 English

Editor’s Note The climate crisis has evolved from a looming threat to an undeniable reality that demands immediate attention. The compounding and cascading effects of climate-induced extreme weather events are …

adaptation flows are concentrated in East Asia and the Pacific. While public25 Transforming Public Finance


CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 15 November 2024 Spanish

Objetivos para el conjunto de la economía que incluyan el CO₂ y los contaminantes distintos del CO₂ en todos los sectores Incluya las emisiones de CO₂ y de contaminantes distintos …

y-cbit-0. CCAC (2018). Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based solutions. Informe IPCC (2019a) Transporte limpio. PNUMA (2019). Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions, Programa Malley


World Bank Group · 14 November 2024 English

32 in AFE and 33 in AFW; (ii) 10 in East Asia and the Pacific; (iii) 11 in Europe and Central Asia; (iv)


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 14 November 2024 English

Contingent liabilities for the EU budget have grown considerably in their magnitude and their complexity and will continue to increase under the MFF 2021-2027. This paper tracks their evolution, explains …

Neighbourhood and Enlargement countries towards Asia and the Pacific and the Americas and the Caribbean. The


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 13 November 2024 English

This paper describes the main changes taking place in satellite Earth Observation (EO), and captures the initial experiences of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its developing member countries using …

ASSETS AND SOLUTIONS SUPPORTING OPERATIONS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Paolo Manunta and Stephen CoulsonASIAN DEVELOPMENT and Solutions: Supporting Operations in Asia and the Pacific Paolo Manunta and Stephen Coulson No. 99 and feedback about development issues in Asia and the Pacific. The views expressed are those of the authors and feedback about development issues in Asia and the Pacific. Since papers in this series are intended Observation Assets and Solutions    vii Asia and the Pacific is poised to be the fastest growing region


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 13 November 2024 English

This brief shows how civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) are rooted in strong village traditions of community support, maps their growth, and explains …

people in sustainable forest landscapes in Asia and the Pacific. • Save the Children works to ensure that people in sustainable forest landscapes in Asia and the Pacific Save the Children Rue Nerhu, Unit 25, Ban inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 13 November 2024 English

This paper explores how oil price windfalls impact labor market regulation across 83 countries from 1970 to 2014.

encourage debate on development issues in Asia and the Pacific. The views expressed are those of the authors


Amnesty International · 13 November 2024 English

Responding to the pan-India guidelines laid down today by the Supreme Court of India to prevent arbitrary demolition of properties in the country, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, …

judgment condemning ‘bulldozer justice’. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC INDIA JUSTICE SYSTEMS NEWS PRESS RELEASE


World Bank Group · 12 November 2024 English

32 in AFE and 33 in AFW; (ii) 10 in East Asia and the Pacific; (iii) 11 in Europe and Central Asia; (iv)


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