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iv Growing Together articulates a number of proposals that can help the region exploit its huge untapped potential for regional economic integration. I hope that they will provide useful inputs for deliberations by ESCAP members at the sixty-eighth session of the Commission and beyond. With an integrated regional market complemented by seamless connectivity, mechanisms for redeploying the region’s savings to close its development gaps, and coordinated regional responses to address shared vulnerabilities, including those arising from growing resource scarcities and shrinking carbon space, the Asia-Pacific region will be in a stronger position not only to sustain its dynamism but also to embrace a more inclusive and sustainable pattern of development. A dynamic Asia-Pacific region capable of wiping out the scourge of poverty, hunger and disease will also provide an effective locomotive for the world economy and an anchor of stability. The resulting shared prosperity and increased interdependences will foster peace, turning the twenty-first century into an inclusive and sustainable Asia-Pacific century. I believe that this is an important agenda for the region to move ahead with. I know that many visionary leaders and statesmen from the region have already articulated similar views over the past few years. The time may have come to move towards action. As the secretariat of an intergovernmental body representing the Asia-Pacific region, ESCAP stands ready to assist the region in building a prosperous, inclusive, harmonious, resilient and sustainable Asia-Pacific century. I hope that Growing Together will prove valuable not only to the members of the Commission but also to readers around the world interested in this dynamic region and its likely future direction. Noeleen Heyzer Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Under the overall direction and guidance of Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP, the preparation of this study was led by an inter-divisional taskforce of the ESCAP Secretariat, chaired by Nagesh Kumar, Chief Economist and Director of the Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia. Other members of the taskforce were Aynul Hasan, Officer-in-Charge, a.i. of the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division; Hongpeng Liu, Chief of the Energy Security and Water Resources Section, Environment and Development Division; Yuichi Ono, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction Section, Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division; Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade and Investment Division; Iosefa Maiava, Head of the ESCAP Pacific Office; Nikolay Pomoshchnikov, Director of the Subregional Office for North and Central Asia; A.S.M. Quium, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport Division; Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Director of the Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia; K. V. Ramani, Senior Regional Advisor, Office of the Executive Secretary; Vanessa Steinmayer, Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division; and Jan Smit, Chief of the Statistical Development and Analysis Section, Statistics Division. The core team of drafters was coordinated by Nagesh Kumar and Alberto Isgut and included the following ESCAP staff members: Masato Abe, Witada Anukoonwattaka, Sudip Ranjan Basu, Tiziana Bonapace, Abhijeet Deshpande, Yann Duval, Preminda Fernando, Clovis Freire, Maren Jimenez, Mia Mikic, Margit Molnar, Aneta Nikolova, Yuichi Ono, A.S.M. Quium, Krishnamurthy Ramanathan, Heini Salonen, Vanessa Steinmayer, Donovan Storey, Yusuke Tateno, Sergey Tulinov, Katinka Weinberger, Upali Wickramasinghe, and Jenny Yamamoto. The following ESCAP staff members provided inputs and made comments and suggestions: Shuvojit Banerjee, Pierre Chartier, Sytske Claassen, Jeong Dae Lee, Kohji Iwakami, Nobuko Kajiura, Srisakul Kanjanabus, Jorge Martinez-Navarrete, Lys Mehou-Loko, Kenan Mogultay, Oliver Paddison, Pisit Puapan, Hitomi Rankine, Raj Jain Sandeep, Patcharin Sequeira, Harumi Shibata, Vatcharin Sirimaneetham, and Charlotte Young. The team in charge of the production process of the volume included the following ESCAP staff members: Sopitsuda Chantawong, Metinee Hunkosol, Achara Jantarasaengaram, Chawarin Klongdee, Pannipa Ongwisedpaiboon, Anong Pattanathanes, Kiatkanid Pongpanich, Woranut Sompitayanurak, Amornrut Supornsinchai and Sutinee Yeamkitpibul. v
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