The report focuses on recent methodological and technological developments to help national statistical offices modernize their statistical systems, and provide support for SDG implementation, measuring and monitoring.

This bulletin provides data on, and ESCWA estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP), the consolidated national accounts for ESCWA member countries during the period 2005-2009 and the estimated real GDP growth rates for 2010. It comprises three chapters. Chapter I contains tables on selected indicators including annual growth rates of real GDP, GDP at constant and current prices, GDP per capita, national disposable income per capita, gross capital formation and percentage of net exports to GDP.

The paper proposes a pan Arab Survey that can serve as an effective tool to compute money metric and multi-dimensional poverty for the same households.

The industrial sector plays a vital role in the national economies of the ESCWA region and consumes some 25 per cent of total energy. This study is the first volume of a two-part study assessing the role of the industrial sector in the national economies of the region; current energy consumption trends in selected energy-intensive industries; and economically feasible options for improving energy efficiency in these industries. The study assesses energy consumption in several sectors, including the cement industry, steel industry, fertilizer manufacturing and glass manufacturing.