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UN distance-learning programme helps statisticians get better numbers

9 April 2008
Statisticians from India and Cambodia today completed the first video conferencing course provided by a new United Nations programme that aims to boost the quality of information received from Governments of developing countries.

Neglect of agriculture in Asia leaves hundreds of millions in poverty – UN report

27 March 2008
Chronic neglect of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific has left over 200 million people in extreme poverty amid rising prices for foodstuffs and despite robust growth in other sectors, according to a United Nations report released today.

Urbanization brings both growth and poverty to Asia-Pacific region – UN

19 March 2008
The pace of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific – unparalleled by any other area in the world – has resulted in growth but has also driven up poverty within cities, the United Nations commission covering the region said today.

Pacific island States, facing unique development challenges, win UN boost

14 March 2008
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will strengthen its Pacific Operations Centre as part of its campaign to provide greater support for the region’s island nations, which are facing critical development challenges given their size, relative isolation and vulnerability to climate change.

Asian economies will be able to weather 2008 uncertainties, UN predicts

9 January 2008
The Asia-Pacific region is likely to continue to see strong economic growth this year, despite uncertainties posed by a slowing United States economy, according to a new United Nations report.

UN study spotlights serious development gaps among ASEAN members

19 November 2007
As the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) get set to discuss a plan for greater regional integration at their annual summit in Singapore this week, the United Nations has emphasized the need for the group to address serious development gaps among its 10 members if it is to move in that direction.

UN-backed Asia-Pacific conference to look into impacts of population ageing

9 October 2007
Government officials and representatives from more than two dozen Asian-Pacific nations have gathered in Macao, China, to discuss regional progress in addressing the challenges posed by population ageing at a United Nations-sponsored conference.

Asian nations confer on impact of population ageing at UN-backed forum

25 July 2007
A United Nations-backed meeting – attended by participants from over a dozen countries in the Asia-Pacific region – on the social, health and economic consequences of population ageing kicked off today in Bangkok, Thailand.

UN forum hears calls for health investments in Asia-Pacific region

22 May 2007
Ministers from across the Asia-Pacific region – where relative wealth has not translated into health investments – today heard calls at a United Nations meeting in Kazakhstan for more government spending on medical care in order to combat poverty.
President of Kazakhstan opens Meeting

Asia-Pacific region crucial in global fight against poverty: Ban Ki-moon

21 May 2007
The Asia-Pacific region – with most of the world’s people and some of its fastest-growing economies – is crucial to meeting global anti-poverty targets, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told regional leaders meeting in Kazakhstan.