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| 20 May 2015 |
Status of the Digital Arabic Content Industry in the Region |
The study consists of four sections and a preview, in which, an account of ESCWA contributions to the subject of digital Arabic content since 2003 is summarized. Section I deals with definition of the two major sectors which provide the feed for digitization: the media content and the creative sectors, with large portions of both sectors being digitized, or are available for digitization in the future. Section I also provides an overview of the global status of digital content. Section II addresses the economic aspects of the DAC market. |
| 14 December 2015 |
Urbanization and Sustainable Development in the Arab Region, Social Development Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 4 |
The bulletin highlights the ongoing regional and global preparations to the Habitat III conference and presents the main targets and objectives of both Habitat III and Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
| 20 May 2015 |
Trends and Impacts in Conflict Settings: Conflict and MDGs, Issue No. 2 |
The study examines the conflict-development nexus in the Arab region, calculating the cost of conflict and introducing budgetary responses for attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
| 20 May 2015 |
Integrated Social Policy: Visions and Strategies in Arab Countries, Report III |
Most countries in the ESCWA region see social policy as a basic element in achieving balanced human and economic development. However, those countries are facing diverse challenges, are endowed with different capacities to address them and are striving to reconcile diverse needs across all parts of society against scarce resources. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Review of Information and Communications Technology and Development, Issue 13 |
Information and communications technology plays a significant role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular in the areas of awareness-raising, capacity-building and shortening distances, among others. The main topic in this issue of the Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia is the impact of Information and Communications Technology on development. |
| 22 October 2015 |
Provision of Education by Non-State Actors in Arab Countries: Benefits and Risks |
This study looks at major trends related to the provision of education by non-State actors in the Arab region. |
| 21 January 2016 |
Overcoming Population Vulnerability to Water Scarcity in the Arab Region: Population and Development Report Issue No. 7 |
The report analyzes the nexus between population dynamics and water scarcity and underlines the need to account for such dynamics in formulating sustainable development policies. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region, No. 15 |
The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 15, presents data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces compiled from a number of national sources, including surveys, censuses and vital registration systems. The accuracy and reliability of these data have been verified. The objective of this bulletin is to encourage countries to produce and disseminate high quality data on population and vital statistics, which is much needed for better planning. |
| 2 April 2014 |
Promoting the Empowerment of Marginalized Social Groups in the Arab Region |
This pamphlet examines key issues related to the empowerment of three marginalized social groups in the Arab region: youth, older people and persons with disabilities. |
| 20 May 2015 |
The Integrated Household Survey |
ESCWA prepared this study in the context of its activities aimed at improving statistical work in member countries. The purpose of the study consists of enhancing capacities of member countries in designing and implementing the integrated household survey which contributes to promoting capacities to develop, follow up and evaluate plans and programmes, and to building social and economic indicators which allow to monitor progress achieved in realizing the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. |