The U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific plans to announce its annual survey of the region next Thursday to offer policy options for governments to pursue inclusive and sustainable development.

Its Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2013 will be announced at a conference cohosted by the Kyung Hee Institute for Human Society in Seoul. Simultaneous launch events of the publication will take place in 37 cities around the world.

The survey shows that inclusive and sustainable growth is the key to creating sources of economic vitality amid subdued growth in Asia due to global uncertainties, the organization said.

UNESCAP, which reports to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, was founded in 1947 in Bangkok, Thailand, and has an office for East and Northeast Asia in Songdo, Incheon.

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