Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal

2018 - 2023

Continuation of Asia-Pacific Development Journal.

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Volume 30, issue 1, 2023

ACCELERATING CLIMATE ACTION IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT pp. 1-17

Secretariat Escap

ANALYSIS OF THE 2030 EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS OF THE PREVIOUS AND CURRENT NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAPAN, AND A COMPARISON BETWEEN COUNTRIES USING ENERGY-TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY-ECONOMIC MODELS pp. 19-41

(Corresponding author) Keigo Akimoto, Fuminori Sano, Takashi Homma, Miyuki Nagashima and Naoko Onishi

ASSESSMENT OF THE ENHANCED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE STRATEGIES FOR THE 2050 NET-ZERO TARGET pp. 43-66

(Corresponding author) Tae Yong Jung, Jaewan Kim, Jongwoo Moon and Yong Gun Kim

WHAT TO FOCUS ON IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY SERVICES AND ENERGY USE EFFICIENCY IN BANGLADESH pp. 89-120

(Corresponding author) Joyashree Roy and Hasan Mahmud

IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF BARRIERS TO ACCESS INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCE FOR NEPAL pp. 121-148

(Corresponding author) Shobhakar Dhakal and Melissa Pradhan

ALIGNING CRITICAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION WITH THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS pp. 151-162

Xunpeng Shi and Matthew Wittenstein

HOW SUCCESSFUL WERE THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN ATTAINING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS? AN ASSESSMENT BASED ON A SYNTHETIC APPROACH pp. 165-193

(Corresponding author) Debapriya Bhattacharya, Towfiqul Islam Khan and Mostafa Amir Sabbih

GROWTH, YIELD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF COTTON PRODUCTION IN INDIA: PERFORMANCE AND POLICY MEASURES pp. 195-215

Anchal Arora

DEVELOPMENT OF ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES: DOES BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? pp. 217-262

Salma Ahmed

Volume 29, issue 2, 2022

ASIA-PACIFIC SOCIAL OUTLOOK 2022: STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING A HEALTHY, PROTECTED AND PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC pp. 1-17

Selahattin Selsah Pasali

SOLIDARITY AS A PRACTICAL CRAFT: COHESION AND COOPERATION IN LEVERAGING ACCESS TO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE TRIPS AGREEMENT pp. 19-45

Antony Taubman

STRADE MEASURES ON PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS: CAN THEY PROMOTE LOCAL PRODUCTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH? pp. 47-69

Padmashree Gehl Sampath

TRADE IN VACCINES AND RELATED INPUTS: A STUDY OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION pp. 71-97

(Corresponding author) Pralok Gupta and Ayona Bhattacharjee

STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH SYSTEM TO ADDRESS INEQUALITIES IN COVID-19 VACCINE ACCESS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION pp. 99-123

(Corresponding author) Valerie Gilbert Ulep and Beverly Lorraine Ho

FINANCING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW VACCINES IN DEVELOPING ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES pp. 125-153

(Corresponding author) Gavin Yamey, Kaci Kennedy McDade, Wenhui Mao and Ekene Osakwe

CAN ASIA ASSURE SOCIAL INSURANCE FOR ALL ITS INFORMAL WORKERS? pp. 155-185

Santosh Mehrotra

COOPERATING TO OVERCOME ACCESS INEQUITIES FOR COVID-19 AND BEYOND pp. 187-194

(Corresponding author) Allison Colbert, Mariângela Simão, Christophe Rerat and Deirdre Dimancesco

ENSURING SUPPLY CHAIN CONNECTIVITY AND RESILIENCY IN THE POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY: THE CASE OF ASEAN pp. 195-203

Satvinder Singh

Book review: THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO PREPARE BETTER FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS pp. 205-208

Xiankun Lu

Book review: ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY CENTRAL ASIA pp. 209-213

Zulfan Tadjoeddin

Volume 29, issue 1, 2022

Survey: the state of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific pp. 1-17

Secretariat Escap

A FRAMEWORK FOR INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC pp. 17-41

Valerie Cerra

IMPACT OF TAXES AND TRANSFERS ON INEQUALITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION pp. 43-65

Sally Torbert

CENTRAL BANKS AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION pp. 67-101

Peter J. Morgan

LEARNING BY DOING: CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY IN THAILAND pp. 103-117

Thammarak Moenjak

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY ON FOOD SECURITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION pp. 119-141

A. Mukherjee, S. Saha, S. C. Lellyett and (corresponding author) A.K.S. Huda

FACTORS AFFECTING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IN MOBILE FINANCIAL SERVICES IN BANGLADESH pp. 143-167

(corresponding author) Afnaan Ahmed, S.M. Raihan Uddin and S.M. Rifat Hassan

CHALLENGES OF MONETARY POLICY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY pp. 169-177

Salehuddin Ahmed

MAINSTREAMING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN INDONESIA: AN EXPERIENCE FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 2016-2019 pp. 181-186

Bambang Brodjonegoro

Book review - HOW TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE GROWTH pp. 185-190

Prakash Loungani

Volume 28, issue 2, 2021

Household consumption expenditure in Thailand during the first COVID-19 lockdown pp. 1-37

Oudom Hean and Nattanicha Chairassamee

Estimating the effects of Internet exchange points on fixed-broadband speed and latency pp. 39-68

Siope Vakataki ‘Ofa

Securing green development: Can Asia-Pacific central banks and financial supervisory authorities do more? pp. 69-111

Xiang-li Lim and Vatcharin Sirimaneetham

Digital economy integration in Asia and the Pacific: insights from DigiSRII 1.0 pp. 113-148

Witada Anukoonwattaka, Pedro Romao, Richard S. Lobo, Preety Bhogal, Thomas Bentze and Arushi Vaishnav

Addressing sovereign debt challenges in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: the role of the United Nations pp. 149-192

Alberto Isgut

Volume 28, issue 1, 2021

Measuring poverty in Timor-Leste:using census data to develop a national Multidimensional Poverty Index pp. 1-32

Dan Jendrissek

The new Asian Active Ageing Index: a case study of gender differences between two ASEAN member countries, Indonesia and Thailand pp. 33-64

Asghar Zaidi and Jinpil Um

An assessment of the quality of mortality and cause of death statistics produced by the civil registration and vital statistics system in Maldives pp. 65-86

Sofoora Kawsar Usman, Sheena Moosa, Lene Mikkelsen, Hang Li, Hafizur Chowdhury and Tim Adair

Patterns and determinants of age at first birth of women in Myanmar pp. 87-109

Mya Thandar, Hlaing Hlaing Moe and Aye Aye Htwe

Inclusion inspires global financial agenda but how does it fare in the small Pacific island economies? The case of Vanuatu pp. 111-146

Nirodha Jayawardena, Tingxi Zhang, Alison Baniuri and Arold Bill

Volume 27, issue 1, 2020

An emerging but vulnerable middle class: a description of trends in Asia and the Pacific pp. 1-20

Orlando Zambrano Roman

Determinants of overindebtedness among microfinance borrowers: a poverty line-based approach pp. 20-41

Sunil Puliyakot

Fostering peaceful sustainable development in the Pacific under the 2030 Agenda pp. 43-74

Anna Naupa and Derek Brien

Water security in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus pp. 75-93

Zulfiya Suleimenova

Paid maternity leave and child mortality in Asia and the Pacific pp. 95-120

Grace Puliyel, Hoolda Kim and Sophie Mitra

Volume 26, issue 2, 2019

Cheating the government: does taxpayer perception matter? pp. 1-23

Daniel Jeong-Dae Lee

Contributory factors towards sustainability of bank-linked self-help groups in India pp. 25-55

Disha Bhanot and Varadraj Bapat

Women’s empowerment among married women aged 15-49 in Myanmar pp. 57-81

Mya Thandar, Hlaing Hlaing Moe and Win Naing

Challenges in implementing decentralization of foreign direct investment management in Viet Nam – case study of the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel project in Ha Tinh province pp. 83-105

Au Thi Tam Minh

Deaths at sea in the Pacific islands: challenges and opportunities for civil registration and vital statistics systems pp. 107-124

Carah Figueroa, Gloria Mathenge, Christine Linhart and Philip A.S. James

Volume 26, issue 1, 2019

Valuing the digital economy of New Zealand pp. 1-19

Jonathan Millar and Hamish Grant

Petroleum consumption and economic growth relationship: evidence from the Indian states pp. 21-65

Seema Narayan, Thai-Ha Le, Badri Rath and Nadia Doytch

Current trends in private financing of water and sanitation in Asia and the Pacific pp. 67-83

Hongjoo Hahm

Impact of food inflation on headline inflation in India pp. 85-111

Anuradha Patnaik

Tapping capital markets and institutional investors for infrastructure development pp. 113-144

Mathieu Verougstraete and Alper Aras