“The 2016 edition of the ESCAP Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific highlights the importance of increasing productivity to reinvigorate economic growth and support sustainable development. The Survey provides a detailed analysis of factors that have caused the recent economic and productivity slowdown in the region, and examines their implications for eradicating poverty, reducing inequality and improving employment prospects. On the basis of this report, policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond will be better able to design and adapt national policies to support productivity driven economic growth and sustainable development”