This 2012 edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific's main feature is the presentation of selected statistical indicators from the Yearbook as country profiles.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific "the wide- ranging Yearbook is the region

In this latest study, ESCAP examines food crisis in Asia-Pacific and its relations to economic stability. Identifies 25 countries as hotspots in the region with the worst problems existing in South, Southwest as well as in Southeast Asia and details regional framework of action to improve food security.