Aiming to connect key financial infrastructures in ASEAN+3 markets, this publication examines the uses of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain (BC) for settling cross-border delivery-versus-payment (DVP) securities transactions.

The ESCWA Annual SDG Review 2023, the second in the series, explores the private sector's contributions to the realization of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs in the Arab region. Building on limited available data on the subject, the report offers an indicative reading of existing regional trends and gaps. The analysis is guided not only by the Agenda’s goals and targets but also by the whole-of-society and rights-based approaches and the principles of universality, leaving no one behind, combating inequality and promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.