Concerned about the level of implementation of the 1993 System of National Accounts (1993 SNA) in the Western Asia region, and in view of the new challenges represented by the recent adoption of the 2008 System of National Accounts (2008 SNA), ESCWA conducted a survey in 2009 to explore the main

According to the International Organization for Migration, by 2010, the world migrant population stock will have reached 214 million, meaning that one in every 35 people globally will be a migrant.

Measuring the multifaceted information society is a very complex task.



Historically, the strong influence of communal affiliation on political, economic and social dynamics in the Arab region is not a novel phenomenon.

Thirty-six per cent of displaced persons in the world are to be found in the ESCWA region, where conflict and war-driven displacement have resulted in 7.6 million refugees and 7.2 million internally displaced.  This study, which is the first to appear in the Trends and Impacts in Conflict Set

The water supply and demand balance in most of ESCWA member countries is in serious deficit.

This report was prepared upon the request of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and in cooperation with the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ).