-
The GEM Report. About Us.
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
Archived web content
UNESCO
The Global Education Monitoring Report (the GEM Report, formerly known as the Education for All Global Monitoring Report) is an editorially independent, authoritative and eviden...
-
What is REDD+?
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
The REDD Desk
2016
Degradation and deforestation of the world’s tropical forests are cumulatively responsible for about 10% of net global carbon emissions. Therefore, tackling the destruction of t...
-
Linking FLEGT and REDD+ to Improve Forest Governance
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Guido Broekhoven and marieke wit
2014
For the past decade or so, developing countries have engaged in a variety of new international initiatives aiming at improving forest management and governance. The prevailing...
-
Making the Case: Effective Public Participation is Good for Business in the Mekong Region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
USAID, Pact
2017
This report attempts to fill this gap by sharing conversations with company representatives with business in one or more Mekong country (Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar, Thailand ...
-
ASEAN Community Vision 2025
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
ASEAN
2015
Document that charts the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
-
What is SCP?
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
The One Planet Network
2018
This platform consolidates knowledge on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), a far reaching topic whose importance for a sustainable future is highlighted by it's long ...
-
ASEAN Cooperation on Chemicals and Waste
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
ASEAN
Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern that chemicals, while essential in modern life and the economy, can cause significant adverse impacts on human health...
-
What is food loss and food waste?
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Save Food Asia-Pacific
Post-harvest losses account for a majority of the food loss sustained in developing countries across Asia and the Pacific region. Between 15 and 50 percent of fruits and vegetab...
-
Roadmap for the 10YFP implementation in Asia and the Pacific 2014-2015
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
10YFP Secretariat
2015
One of the foreseen outputs of the “First Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on the 10YFP” (7-8 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand) was the development of a Roadmap for the 10YFP imple...
-
Circular Economy Overview
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Looking beyond the current take-make-dispose extractive industrial model, a circular economy aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society-wide benefits. It entails grad...
-
Circular Economy
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCTAD’s work on the circular economy started in 2015 with a collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on resource-circularity potentials in large economies like India a...
-
Regional Policy Trends for Strengthening the Inclusion of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Public Governance
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Books and book chapters
S. Castro-Hallgren
2017
This chapter shows that in recent years, in particular since the implementation of the SWITCH-Asia Regional and NPSC, SCP has become increasingly integrated into Asia’s public g...
-
SDG Index & Dashboard Report (country profiles)
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jeffrey Sachs, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Christian Kroll, David...
2017
The purpose of the SDG Index and Dashboards is to assist countries to identify priorities for action, in order to achieve the 17 SDGs. The indicators and dashboards should help ...
-
The State of Social Protection in ASEAN at the Dawn of Integration
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Cheng Boon Ong and Céline Peyron Bista, International Labour Organization
2015
The study provides an overview of the social protection situation in each of the ten ASEAN Member States, using the framework of the four Guarantees adopted in 2012 under the IL...
-
Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing Asia-Pacific
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, The...
2017
Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing Asia-Pacific is the thematic report of the Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership for 2017. Reflecting on the theme of the 2017 ...
-
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2017
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...
2017
This report assesses progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets in Asia and the Pacific. The report also examines regional and subreg...
-
Viet Nam's Voluntary National Review on the implementation of the sustainable development goals
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Department for Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment
2018
As a responsible member country of the United Nations, Viet Nam has been actively participating in the implementation of the global sustainable development agendas. In the conte...
-
Emerging Issues for the Sustainable Development of Vietnam in the Context of Global Change
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Truong Quang Hoc
2016
Over the last 20 years of sustainable development, Viet Nam has been certainly successful. However, the achievements have not met the potential of the country particularly in th...
-
Synthesis Report: Reviewing 17 common goals and 169 specific objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda 2030
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Office of Sustainable Development
2016
Synthesis Report: Reviewing 17 common goals and 169 specific objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 to assess the situation and identify appropriat...
-
Economic zones in the ASEAN
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Arn, Patrick J. Gilabert, Nguyen Quang, Vuong Hieu, Nguyen Viet...
2015
Competitive strategies depend on the country’s stage of economic development. Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones will foster a catch-up strategy in less developed count...