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Leaders from around Asia and the Pacific – a region at the forefront of the world’s innovation and economic growth – today pledged to leverage its advantages towards protecting people and the…

Heads of State, senior government officials and other stakeholders from 62 countries will convene from 23 to 27 May at the 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

In celebration of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2021, the ILO and ESCAP have collaborated on a high-level event bringing stakeholders together to discuss innovative opportunities and scalable…

The Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) has successfully closed its US$27.7 million Women’s Livelihood BondTM 3 (WLB3), the third bond in the award-winning Women’s Livelihood BondTM Series…

Eminent development thinkers, innovative leaders and senior government officials are coming together on 19 August for a dialogue on how the Asia-Pacific region can accelerate digital connectivity and…

Regional Commemoration of International Women’s Day 2020 2020 is a pivotal year for advancing gender equality worldwide as the global community takes stock of the progress made for women’s…

Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)’s award-winning Women’s Livelihood BondTM Series (WLB Series) – Asia-Pacific’s first-ever multi-country gender bond series to be listed on a stock exchange -…

A crowdfunding platform for women farmers, online marketplaces for women-produced goods and services, and e-wallet enabled lending were among ten of the winning business models which will be co…