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| 29 December 2020 |
ESCWA: The Arab region faces two scenarios for 2021 |
Beirut, 29 December 2020--The Arab region faces two economic scenarios for 2021: an optimistic one projecting a growth rate of 3.5% and one that is less optimistic, limiting growth prospects to 2.8%. The actual path will hinge on the ability of Arab countries to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused losses of about $140 billion for the region, resulting in an estimated -3% growth contraction in 2020. |
| 14 January 2021 |
Training on negotiation skills to better manage transboundary water |
Beirut, 12 January 2021 (ESCWA)--To promote an integrated and sustainable management of shared water resources, ESCWA held an 8-session virtual training on “Building negotiation skills for cooperation in managing transboundary water” targeting young negotiators from Arab States. |
| 25 January 2021 |
ESCWA Executive Secretary Urges the International Community to Increase Funding for Climate Adaptation |
Beirut, 25 January 2021 (ESCWA)--The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Ms. |
| 26 January 2021 |
Training on reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
Beirut, 22 January 2021 (ESCWA)--On 16 January, ESCWA and the Arab Women Organization concluded a virtual 5-day training held for North African countries and the Sudan on reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, an independe |
| 27 January 2021 |
Western Asia: slow recovery expected in 2021 |
Deteriorating fiscal positions cloud recovery prospects, says new UN report
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| 2 February 2021 |
ESCWA: Lebanon’s formal private sector sales down by 45% and a quarter of the workforce laid off |
Beirut, 2 February 2021--Since 2019, the Lebanese economy is in free fall, a dramatic situation which was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s Beirut Port explosion. |
| 4 February 2021 |
ESCWA and SDRPY meet with the Government of Yemen to support development in the country |
Beirut-Riyadh, 4 February 2021--The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) today held a meeting with the Government of Yemen and regional and international partners, including the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND), the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), the Islamic Development Bank ( |
| 12 February 2021 |
ESCWA holds 14th session of its Statistical Committee with wide participation of Arab States’ statistical offices |
Beirut, 10 February 2021 (ESCWA)--The COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives and affect various economic and social sectors, placing data and statistics among the top needs and concerns of public opinion, Governments and international organizations alike. |
| 13 February 2021 |
ESCWA, the Supreme Council for Women and the Royal University for Women in Bahrain establish a Women’s Research Centre |
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) and the Royal University for Women (RUW) in the Kingdom of Bahrain agreed today to establish the RUW Women’s Research Centre. |
| 18 February 2021 |
With regional and international support: ESCWA & the Saudi Program Push for a Unified Development Vision for Arab LDCs in the 2021-2030 Decade |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), with support from Saudi Arabia, held today a regional meeting, the first of its kind, gathering government representatives from Mauritania, Somalia, the Sudan and Yemen with regional and international donors, to launch the first regional dialogue on the new programme of action for Arab least developed countries (LDCs) up to 2030, which will be discussed in January 2022 at the |