"The Survey notes that India is the best performing country when compared to South and South West Asia region (63.12%) and Asia Pacific reg...

After evaluation of 143 economies, the 2021 survey has highlighted India's significant improvement in the scores on all five key indicators...

The Asia Pacific region, including India, is staring at a “K-shaped recovery” of their economies, as per the UN agency.

There are 17 goals under the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), targeted to be achieved by 2030.

The UN-ESCAP's Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2020 highlights the COVID-19 pandemic as the immediate risk to the region...

"Indian economy takes a 3 per cent hit every year due to road traffic accidents, which is over $58,000 million in terms of value," the stud...

"South Asia can again be a hub of economic activities through improved connectivity," said Nagesh Kumar, director of the United Nations Eco...

India also hosts UN-ESCAP's Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) since 1977, which assists the group's member states...

While India is on track to achieving the hunger targets, it remains home to one quarter of the world's under-nourished population, the repo...

Weaker labour market institutions, inadequate social protection systems, poor-quality education are among the factors for widening income g...

The Indian business environment deter foreign investors and the country's macroeconomic uncertainties remain a concern, UN-ESCAP said in a ...

India's economy is expected to record stronger growth momentum of 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal, according to a United Nations report.

GDP growth in the Indian economy is expected to pick up to 7.5% in the year 2012-13 from an estimated 6.9% in 2011-12 said an UN-ESCAP publ...

The growth estimate in the current fiscal is higher than the estimated 6.9 per cent growth in the last fiscal year.

India and China will remain the fastest growing economies in Asia-Pacific by expanding at respective rates of 8.7 per cent and 9.5 per cent...

There is a need for pragmatic reappraisal to first develop and upgrade the arterial international routes.

A slowdown in industrial growth will bring down the crude oil prices in the international market, while food prices will continue to remain...