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| 24 October 2018 |
Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Arab Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011 to 2020: Productive Capacity progress and challenges in Mauritania, Sudan and Yemen |
Homogeneous analyses of the Arab region tend to portray it as a group of natural resource rich middle- and high-income countries, ignoring the fact that six Arab countries - Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen - are LDCs. The objective of this work is to provide a brief overview of the main progress and challenges in the area of productive capacity in the LDCs that are member states of ESCWA: Mauritania, Sudan and Yemen. |
| 30 January 2019 |
Women in the Judiciary in Lebanon |
This background paper examines the presence of women in the judiciary in Lebanon, underlining recent achievements as well as enduring challenges. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region, 2007-2008 |
For more than three decades, the ESCWA region has been exporting capital; experiencing volatile real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth; has the highest unemployment rate globally; suffers from rising income inequality; and has a poorly-balanced economic structure that is overwhelmingly based on the export of oil. |
| 30 October 2013 |
A regional perspective on the post-2015 United Nations development agenda |
As the world approaches the deadline for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the five regional commissions have come together to propose a joint regional perspective on the post-2015 United Nations development agenda. This report, which has been coordinated by ESCWA in close cooperation with the other four regional commissions, identifies key priority areas that address regional specificities to be incorporated within the global development agenda. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Policies and Measures to Promote Sustainable Use of Energy in the Transport Sector in the ESCWA Region |
Statistics reveal that land transport is responsible for more than three quarters of the emissions by the transport sector worldwide. Consequently, this sector is considered to be one of the most important sectors to be focused on with regards to measures aimed at mitigating climate change, which was agreed by regional and international organizations. This study includes a presentation on energy consumption in the transport sector in general and in the ESCWA region in particular, and its implications on the environment and climate change. |
| 1 June 2014 |
National Accounts Studies of the Arab Region, no. 33 |
The National Accounts Studies of the Arab Region, Bulletin No.33, presents available data on and ESCWA estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) at both current and constant prices, and consolidated national accounts of each ESCWA member country during the period 2007-2012; in addition to estimated real GDP growth for 2013. ESCWA collected data for this publication primarily from responses to questionnaires, national statistical offices and other official sources. ESCWA hopes that this publication will benefit economists, social researchers and planners. |
| 28 August 2020 |
Trade and transport costs in the Arab region |
This report has attempted to estimate trade costs in an important first step to identify their magnitudes and roles in hindering trade growth and competitiveness, and crafting proposals to address them. |
| 3 August 2018 |
Social Development Report 2: Inequality, Autonomy and Change in the Arab Region |
This report examines how inequality and personal autonomy are likely to impact on the broad political settlement in the Arab region overtime. |
| 12 April 2019 |
Addressing energy sustainability issues in the buildings sector in the Arab region |
The report focuses on energy efficiency in the buildings sector as a major opportunity for substantial progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 and highlights the associated policy options contributing to the development of a sustainable energy future in the Arab region. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Mapping Inequity: Persons with Physical Disabilities in Jordan |
Worldwide and in the ESCWA region, persons with physical disabilities face higher levels of unemployment, lower levels of education and higher infant mortality rates than the rest of the population. In the ESCWA region, both the documentation of the hardships faced by persons with disabilities and the analysis of the triggers of their exclusion are often scarce. |