“Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in an Era
of Global Uncertainty: Asia-Pacific Regional Report, 2009/10”
Citation: ESCAP-ADB-UNDP. 2010. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in
an Era of Global Uncertainty: Asia-Pacific Regional Report, 2009/10. ESCAP,
Bangkok.
Abstract: In recent years the Asia-Pacific
region, along with the rest of the world, has been assailed by a series of
global crises, first the energy and food crises, and more recently the
financial and economic crisis – all of which have presented threats to
development and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
This report, the fourth in a series on the achievement of the MDGs in Asia and
the Pacific, assesses the likely impact. First it tracks progress towards the
Goals on the basis of data collected prior to the economic crisis on 21 out of
the 60 official MDG indicators. Then it considers how this progress might be
hindered by recent events. Drawing from the lessons of the crisis, the report
also explores measures to make regional economies more socially resilient to
economic cycles.