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| 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. |
| 23 September 2019 |
Macro-Fiscal Policy toward Economic Diversification and Employment Generation in Iraq |
The paper analyses different macro-fiscal policy options for Iraq to boost employment opportunities and to foster economic diversification. |
| 26 January 2018 |
ESCWA’s approach to Key Social Groups and Emerging Issues in the Arab region |
This brochure highlights ESCWA’s recent activities on youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and social justice, and why these issues are vital to the development of the Arab region. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Unpacking the Dynamics of Communal Tensions: A Focus Group Analysis of Perceptions among Youth in Lebanon |
The study examines communal tension, animosity and conflict and uses Lebanon as a case study, identifying four building blocks as the root causes. |
| 23 September 2020 |
Syria at War: Eight Years On |
The “Syria at War: Eight Years On” report is the second product of the collaboration between the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS) at the University of St Andrews. It is the result of extensive research by scholars and experts and benefited from the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) Programme’s platform for technical dialogue between a broad spectrum of Syrian stakeholders aimed at moving towards consensus beyond the polarizations of the conflict period. |
| 21 July 2020 |
Strengthening Women's Political Participation Women Running for Elected Office in Iraq: Needs and Challenges |
With support from the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and technical assistance from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Iraq Foundation is conducting a project to strengthen women’s participation in political life at the national and subnational levels, and to strengthen the capacity of women seeking public office. |
| 31 December 2013 |
Institutional development and transition: Decentralization in the course of political transformation |
Have Arab uprisings opened space for deeper, grassroots-driven decentralization reforms in the region? What are the optimum designs, sequencing and models of decentralization for countries in political transition? While political discourse in the region uniformly emphasizes reforming State institutions, decentralization reform agendas have unfolded along contrasting trajectories across Arab transition countries. |
| 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. |
| 22 June 2016 |
External Trade Bulletin of the Arab Region, No. 24 |
This Bulletin presents data and statistical indicators on external trade in goods of ESCWA region. Data are until 2014 and were drawn from different sources. |
| 9 April 2019 |
Sustainable Development Goals: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Nexus Approach |
This paper proposes an Equality-Justice-Inclusion Nexus Approach to mainstream the SDGs in national strategies, policies and programmes of Arab countries. |