Press Releases / #economy
12 May 2025
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Digitalisation can reduce persistent inequality in Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human development progress slows to 35-year low: UNDP report
15 April 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The poor, vulnerable risk being overlooked in escalating trade tensions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Reciprocal tariffs should exclude vulnerable developing countries: UN trade body
8 April 2025
15 March 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Global trade in 2025: Resilience under pressure
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Financing for development: Reforming global systems to drive progress
10 March 2025
16 February 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Small island nations: How oceans offer solutions to climate change
10 February 2025
4 February 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Foreign investments: Diverging trends amid global challenges
24 January 2025
World Economic Forum
World leaders outline bold visions for future at Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos
14 January 2025
World Economic Forum
Global cooperation at a crossroads amid rising geopolitical uncertainty
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Economic resilience in East and South Asia supports global growth amid challenges: UN flagship economic report
14 December 2024
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum urges 'whole-of-society' in data to leave no one behind
1 November 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070
18 October 2024
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Southeast Asia: Foreign investments resilient despite global economic uncertainties
8 October 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asean, ESCAP launch regional investment plan to boost sustainable FDI
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