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20 May 2015 |
Population and Development Report, Issue No.4. Youth in the ESCWA Region: Situation Analysis and Implications for Development Policies |
The youth group in the ESCWA region faces numerous challenges, including poor quality of education, incompatibility of education system outputs with the labour market, high unemployment rates, unhealthy life styles and low participation in decision-making and public and political life. In that regard, ESCWA focuses its activities on the need to address youth as a socio-demographic group that should be targeted with special national policies. As part of those activities, ESCWA publishes the fourth issue of the Population and Development Report which contains three parts. |
14 June 2017 |
ESCWA Annual Report 2016 |
The 2016 Annual Report of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) provides an overview to member States, stakeholders and the public at large of the organization’s objectives and achievements from the year 2016. |
20 May 2015 |
Progress Made in the Doha Round Negotiations in Agriculture and the Impact on Market Access for the Agricultural Exports of Arab Countries |
With the exception of the countries of the Gulf subregion, the agricultural sector and agricultural exports are vital to Arab countries. This study reviews and analyses recent developments in the negotiations on agriculture within the framework of the Doha Round and of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on agriculture and its implementation, including the elimination of trade barriers, market access and reduction of subsidies and tariffs. |
3 March 2016 |
Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings in the Arab Region |
This study explores the causes and effects of child marriage, particularly structural determinants and contextual determinants such as conflict, instability and extreme poverty. |
12 March 2021 |
Open Government Open Data Toolkit |
The open data toolkit includes steps and examples to support planning, managing, implementing, evaluating and ensuring quality of open data programmes. |
20 May 2015 |
External Trade Bulletin of the ESCWA Region, No. 18 |
This issue presents data and statistical indicators on external trade in goods of ESCWA member countries. Data are presented in time series until 2008 and were drawn primarily from national sources, as well as from secondary sources where appropriate. ESCWA hopes that this issue of the External Trade Bulletin, which provides total and detailed data on intraregional and international trade of member countries, would be useful to policymakers, analysts and researchers and other users at the national, regional and international levels. This issue comprises three parts. |
28 February 2019 |
Policy Options for Promoting Green Technologies in the Arab Region |
This report provides an overview of public policies that can be considered by Arab governments to promote green technologies while reducing the risk for businesses and industry and attracting investments at the same time. The report also focuses on the tools, regulations and policies necessary to create an enabling environment. The report presents best practices, and providing a pathway for other countries in the Arab region to follow. |
23 January 2019 |
Capacity Development Material on Participation, Collaboration and Engagement |
This report provides details about the implementation of the four-phased ESCWA framework on open government, and it helps building the capacities of government officials in the Arab region to implement successful open government strategies and policies. |
12 March 2020 |
Examining multidimensional inequality in the Arab region through a capabilities lens: Presenting a pilot study in Lebanon with a focus on SDG 10 |
This study proposes an innovative research approach to capture multidimensional inequalities that remain to be addressed in SDG-10 targets and the 2030 Agenda in general. As a result of original fieldwork, the study examines the underlying inequalities experienced by three groups in Lebanon – persons with disabilities, educated youth and vulnerable women – and, through the use of radial diagrams, provides a stark visual representation of the gaps that remain to be narrowed between where people are with their lives and where they want to be. |
20 May 2015 |
External Trade Bulletin of the ESCWA Region, No. 19 |
This issue of the External Trade Bulletin presents data and statistical indicators on external trade in goods of ESCWA member countries. Data are presented in time series until 2009 and were drawn primarily from national sources, as well as from secondary sources where appropriate. ESCWA hopes that this issue of the External Trade Bulletin, which provides total and detailed data on intraregional and international trade of member countries, would be useful to policy makers, analysts, researchers and other users at the national, regional and international levels. |