Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Outlook
Abstract
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is the regional development arm of the United Nations and serves as the main economic and social development centre for the United Nations in the region.Its mandate is to foster cooperation between its 53 members and 9 associate members.ESCAP provides the strategic link between the global and country-level programmes and issues.It supports governments in consolidating regional positions and advocates regional approaches to meeting the unique socioeconomic challenges in a globalizing world.The ESCAP office is located in Bangkok.The Asian Development Bank's vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty.Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people.Despite the region's many successes, it remains home to a large share of the world's poor.ADB is committed to reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth and regional integration.Based in Manila, ADB is owned by 67 members, including 48 from the region.Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants and technical assistance.The United Nations Development Programme partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone.On the ground in nearly 170…
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