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Economic Development and Poverty
News on Economic Development and Poverty
02
February
2021
ESCWA: Lebanon’s formal private sector sales down by 45% and a quarter of the workforce laid off
19
August
2020
ESCWA warns: more than half of Lebanon’s population trapped in poverty
23
July
2020
United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region: recovery is an opportunity to build back better
03
June
2020
ESCWA: 31 Arab billionaires own as much wealth as half of the region’s population
01
April
2020
New ESCWA brief: 8.3 million people will fall into poverty in the Arab region due to COVID-19
16
December
2019
Arab region caught in an inequality trap
20
February
2019
Rethinking inequality in Arab States
23
October
2018
ESCWA highlights Arab poverty measurement at UN 73rd General Assembly
10
November
2016
ESCWA Launches Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region 2015-2016
22
July
2016
Cash Transfer and Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in the Arab Region
28
April
2016
Increasing productivity is key to revive economic growth and support the 2030 Agenda in Asia-Pacific, says UN
21
January
2016
Wars and low oil prices slow economic activity in Western Asia, says UN report