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The IEA reported that global energy-related CO₂ emissions rose to 36.3 billion tons in 2021. This implies a strong relation between industrialization and emissions as economic activity intensified after the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed growth in 2020. In addition to greenhouse gas emissions, unprecedented climatic conditions, pollution, and microplastics in oceans call for urgent action to limit […] |
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In July 2021, the Word Travel and Tourism Council reported the largest recorded decline in the GDP contribution by the travel and tourism sector in the Asia-Pacific region due to COVID-19. GDP in the region fell more than 53% compared with the global fall of 49%. The council also reported a 74% decrease in spending […] |
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The International Conference on Productivity Accreditation and Certification to be held in Pakistan is a commemoration of the APO’s Diamond Jubilee which will showcase the productivity improvement journeys in the Asia and Pacific region, specifically efforts to enhance capabilities of NPOs through accreditation programs. The APO’s 60th anniversary celebrations started in 2021 but the associated […] |
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Electric motors are used in almost all sectors of industry along with the commercial, residential, transport, and agriculture sectors. With urbanization and industrialization increasing globally, the number of motors is also increasing, contributing to CO 2 emissions and climate change. Minimizing the power losses in electric motors while they convert electrical to mechanical energy can […]
With the advent of digital technologies, the drivers of productivity and competitiveness have shifted from efficiency and quality to innovation and entrepreneurship. For businesses and industries, innovation can relate to products, services, processes, tools and technologies, management methods, and business models. With rapidly shortening product life cycles, proactively encouraging, achieving, and managing innovation have become […]
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Ethics management is the sum of efforts taken to create public servants’ ethical sensitivity and consciousness in performing their duties. Public servants therefore need to know the basic principles and standards they are expected to apply to their work and where the boundaries of acceptable behavior lie. Professor Jin-Wook Choi, Korea University, Republic of Korea, […] |
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According to a report by Fortune Business Insights in 2020, the market size of agritourism, a key component of rural tourism, was USD69.24 billion in 2019 and was projected to reach USD117.37 billion by 2027. The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed this projected growth, but the global tourism industry is anticipated to rebound through various new […] |
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This international conference is a commemoration of the APO’s Diamond Jubilee to showcase the productivity improvement journey in the Asia-Pacific region, specifically efforts to enhance GP. The APO’s 60th Anniversary celebrations started in 2021 but the associated commemorative events were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. GP was launched in 1994 in line with the […] |
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Public-sector organizations have had to transform in response to rapid changes and uncertainties. As a result of complex new challenges, management of public services requires greater skills to guide the future course of public-sector organizations. These skills, in essence, are strategic management. They comprise deploying organizational capacity efficiently and managing performance to achieve the desired […] 
This P-Innovator highlights the thinnest solar panel available, Solar Paper, which has been adapted to help underprivileged children in Africa under the Solar Cow Project. In this project, children can bring Solar Cow batteries for recharging in Cow Chargers installed in schoolyards and study while the batteries are recharging. This sustainable power source creates an […] |
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Tourism provides abundant opportunities for employment, investment, infrastructure, and cultural exchanges. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism accounted for 7% of global trade and more than USD1.4 trillion of expenditure that created jobs and momentum for socioeconomic development. However, tourism often comes at the cost of environmental pollution, commercialization of local cultural activities, biased and insecure […] |
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