News release: “While the world-leading pace of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific has contributed to the region’s growth – it has also driven up urban poverty, according to the latest edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific…The Yearbook, produced by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), is the region’s leading compilation of statistical data which provides a detailed picture of the major economic, social and environmental trends in Asia and the Pacific. Other findings in this year’s edition include that energy consumption grew at a pace unequalled elsewhere and increased motorization is improving mobility.