Addressing triple threats to development
By: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Series: Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific -- 2009; Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific -- 2009.
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9789211205770
Subjects: Economic policy; Economic conditions
Table of contents: title: The return of the financial crisis: managing, vulnerabilities and deepening regional cooperation. Impact of the crisis on Asia-Pacific ; Growth outlook for 2009 ; Indicators of resilience and potential vulnerabilities ; From crisis-resilience to crisis-resistance: next steps; title: Food and fuel price shocks. Evolution of fuel and food prices ; Underlying reasons for the volatility of fuel and food prices ; Economic and social impacts ; The policy challenge: managing long-run fuel and food sustainability risks; title: The climate change challenge: reorienting development towards greener and sustainable growth. Climate change and related vulnerabilities ; Policy responses to climate change; title: Subregional variations: performance and policy responses. East and North-east Asia: impact of global financial crisis begins to take its tool ; North and Central Asia: overall a year of mixed results ; Pacific Island developing countries: global economic slowdown clouds long-term prospects ; South and South-west Asia: downward pressures but steadfast resilience ; South-east Asia: international financial crisis evolves into deepening subregional industrial crisis ; Developed economies in the ESCAP region: heightened contagion and deepening recession ; Conclusion; title: Converging crises: redirecting policies to achieve inclusive and sustainable development. Commonalities among the crises ; Convergence and policy stresses ; The future of Asia and the Pacific: investing in inclusive and sustainable development ; Towards an Asia-Pacific framework for inclusive and sustainable growth and development ; Conclusion; title: Statistical annex.