Co organized with the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah (IDB) at Le Royal Hotel and Resort in Amman

ESCWA recently issued a publication entitled “Analysis of Energy Policy Trends in the Arab Region” (click here to access the publication and/or download it).

On the sidelines of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December 2015, ESCWA organized a side event on “Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessments in the Arab Region”.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century Program (PARIS21) and the African Development Bank ha



The paper aims at analysing and providing policy recommendations to stimulate the credit market in the Arab region.It presents in detail the supply and demand of credit, discusses aspects relating to the regulatory framework.