Economic and Social Survey 2008

Noeleen Heyzer, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) presented the first copy of ESCAP’s Economic and Social Survey to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on 27 March. Marking its 60th anniversary this year, Survey 2008 examines the Asia-Pacific region’s key short- and medium-term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas.