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| 16 September 2020 |
Study on Gender Mainstreaming, Social Inclusion, Human Rights Processes and Outcomes of Access to Energy in Targeted Local Communities in Lebanon |
This report presents the findings of a detailed review and analysis of gender issues associated with energy services in Lebanon. It calls attention to the challenges and barriers rural women face in employment and entrepreneurship in energy sectors. It also highlights the potential for gender mainstreaming and identifies opportunities to support the local private sector, and to promote and expand the use of small-scale renewable energy technologies, while emphasizing the environmental and climate benefits associated with them. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Impact of ICT on Community Development in ESCWA Member Countries |
Measuring the multifaceted information society is a very complex task. In the past, measurement approaches were confined to simply aggregating a variety of data on selected information and communications technology (ICT) indicators, adjusting the weight of some factors, and applying statistical tools. Those approaches, however, lacked theory and validation. While measuring the ever-changing ICT landscape might seem to be enough, this study emphasizes that societies are not exclusively driven by technology. |
| 15 December 2020 |
Big data readiness assessment National guide |
As frontier technologies led by Artificial Intelligence and Big Data which are enabled by connectivity and internet of everything are becoming the fashionable indicator of modernity, and are borderless crossing geographical and political boundaries, there is a normal tendency to catch the wave and capture part of the huge claimed advantages especially towards accelerating the achievement of the SDGs |
| 30 June 2016 |
Statistical Abstract Bulletin of the ESCWA Region, No. 31 |
The Abstract presents socioeconomic data from the region at the macro-level, covering many topics. The figures were drawn from national and international sources. |
| 7 May 2015 |
Arab Governance Report: Governance Challenges in Countries Undergoing Transition |
This report seeks to clarify the concept of democratic governance and to contextualize it in Arab transition countries |
| 20 May 2015 |
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region: A Methodological Framework for Pursuing an Integrated Assessment |
The methodological framework presented in this guidance document outlines the integrated assessment approach being implemented in support of the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region. The approach combines climate change impact assessment and vulnerability assessment tools into a five step integrated assessment methodology that is based on global climate modelling, regional climate modelling, hydrological modelling, vulnerability analysis and integrated mapping tools. |
| 23 May 2019 |
Assessing the economic implication of energy reform in the Arab countries : the case of Tunisia |
This study results show that reducing energy subsidy generates a fiscal space for the Tunisian economy. In the first bunch of simulations we supposed that this ‘saved’ amounts are totally directed to the reduction of fiscal deficit. This policy enhances the fiscal sustainability and reduces indebtment but have a negative impact on growth and job creation. The microsimulation approach shows that, after considering all taxes and direct cash transfers and indirect subsidies, the rate of poverty decreases from disposable income to consumable income. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Regional Profile of the Information Society in Western Asia 2007 |
ESCWA is publishing the Regional Profile of the Information Society in Western Asia - 2007 as a part of the follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society. The study is the third in a series and includes a review of the current situation and an assessment of the progress made in building the information society in the region. It aims to monitor the profile of the information society in ESCWA countries and the progress each of them has made towards that society, and assess their current situation. |
| 16 March 2020 |
Intellectual Property for Fostering Innovation in the Arab World |
This report is a desk review of intellectual property laws and practices in some Arab countries. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Prospects for South-South Cooperation in the ESCWA Region |
The study Prospects for South-South Cooperation in the ESWA Region reviews the current status of cooperation between ESCWA member countries and explores potential areas for future collaboration. The experience of countries in other developing regions has demonstrated that South-South cooperation has the potential to play an important role in the generation of employment, the alleviation of poverty and the attainment of inclusive, sustained economic development through technical assistance, knowledge exchange and technology transfer. |