Working Papers
| Publication Cover |
Title |
|---|---|
 |
A review of literature on the changing role of the family in care provision in Arab countries E/ESCWA/SDD/2013/WP.1  Arabic (781.07 KB) English (781.07 KB) |
 |
Business Regulatory Reforms: Recommendations for Lebanon E/ESCWA/OES/2013/WP.1 Arabic (161.73 KB) English (161.73 KB) |
 |
Literature Review on Engendering the Millennium Development Goals and Identifying Barriers to Gender Equality in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2007/WP.5 Arabic (120.14 KB) English (120.14 KB) |
 |
Literature Review on Social Exclusion in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2007/WP.4 Arabic (180.53 KB) English (180.53 KB) |
 |
Poverty in Western Asia: Some Social Considerations E/ESCWA/SDD/2010/Technical Paper.3 Arabic (293.12 KB) English (293.12 KB) |
 |
Regional Implementation Meeting Report on the Five Areas Presented to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development on its 18th Session E/ESCWA/SDPD/2009/WP.2 Arabic (169.82 KB) English (169.82 KB) |
 |
Sustainable Production and Consumption Patterns in Energy and Water Sectors in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/SDPD/2011/WP.1 Arabic (633.99 KB) English (633.99 KB) |
 |
Towards Comprehensive Social Policy for Equality and the Millennium Development Goals E/ESCWA/SDD/2012/WP.1 Arabic (374.23 KB) English (374.23 KB) |
 |
Social Expenditure Monitor for Arab States: A Tool to Support Budgeting and Fiscal Policy Reform E/ESCWA/EC.6/2019/8/Rev.1 Targeting public expenditure in line with social development priorities and macro-fiscal sustainability remains a challenge for most Governments in the Arab region. Budget allocations that... |
 |
The Use of Urban Observatories as a Tool for Localizing Urban and Social Policy E/ESCWA/SDD/2009/WG.3/WP.1
Arabic (357.63 KB) English (190.17 KB) |
 |
Fiscal Policy Review of Arab States 2019 E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/WP.20 This fiscal review is first in the series following the ESCWA 2017 flagship report “Rethinking Fiscal Policy for the Arab Region”. A major focus of this fiscal policy review 2019 is to create a... |
 |
Central Bank Independence and its Effect on Inflation Performance in the ESCWA Countries E/ESCWA/EDGD/2011/WP.2 The main objectives of this paper are to measure the central bank independence in the ESCWA countries and to explore its effects on the inflation performance. In section two, the paper reviews... |
 |
Socioeconomic Impacts of Macroeconomic Reform Policies in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/TP.1 The technical paper aims to test that hypothesis by evaluating Tunisia and Egypt’s experiences with neoliberal adjustment against the SDGs. The UNESCWA expert group meeting Towards... |
 |
Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women and Girls: July 2014 – June 2016 E/ESCWA/ECW/2016/Technical Paper.3 This report presents the main developments that affected the situation of women in Palestine between July 2014 and June 2016. Key events were the 50-day Israeli offensive on Gaza in the summer of... |
 |
Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women and Girls (July 2016 - June 2018) E/ESCWA/ECW/2019/TP.2 The report covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2018, which was characterized by major developments in the security and political situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. The... |
 |
Progress on Shared Water Resources Management in the Arab Region: Regional baseline for SDG Indicator 6.5.2 E/ESCWA/SDPD/2018/WP.1 SDG indicator 6.5.2 is intended to monitor progress towards transboundary water cooperation through operational arrangements. The results of the first global reporting under SDG indicator 6.5.... |
 |
Ex-Post Evaluation of Lebanon’s Free Trade Agreements: The Cases of the FTA with the European Union and PAFTA with the Arab Countries E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/WP.13 This study examines the tangible impact of the integration agreements with Arab countries and the European Union on the Lebanese economy, as well as the reasons behind their relatively poor... |
|
|
Economic policy in the ESCWA region and its impact on employment E/ESCWA/SDD/2012/2 In recent years, there has been considerable economic growth in most ESCWA member countries, however the employment situation has not improved at the same pace. A better understanding of the... |
 |
International and Regional Practices Favoring the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Labor Market E/ESCWA/SDD/2010/WP.4 This paper surveys policies, programmes and legislation which could enable persons with disabilities to access employment opportunities in selected ESCWA and other countries. It also assesses good... |
 |
National Connectivity Report Jordan 2020 E/ESCWA/CL3.SEP/2020/TP.7 Last decades have witnessed a significant increase in the amount of transport of persons and goods resulting in economic growth and connectivity becoming high on the political agenda of countries... |