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| 20 May 2015 |
The Rebuilding and Revival of Lebanon: A Policy Paper with Initiatives |
The study comes after the Israeli 2006 war on Lebanon, advocating that recovery entails a transparent and participatory governance system led by the state. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Improving the Communications Infrastructure, Services and Policies in ESCWA Member States |
The development of communications and service infrastructures has become a strategic priority given the increasing awareness of the vital role played by the communications sectors in terms of promoting economic and social activities. This study presents good practices and optimal approaches aimed at meeting economic and social development in the region and its integration in the international communications community. Moreover, it reviews improvements that have occurred in that field in ESCWA member countries, and draws up conclusions and recommendations to meet the development goals. |
| 16 January 2017 |
Land Degradation Neutrality in the Arab Region: Preparing for SDG Implementation |
The Factsheet explains the concept of Land Degradation Neutrality and provides data and case studies on land degradation in the Arab Region. |
| 19 November 2015 |
Consequences of Child Marriage for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings in the Arab Region, 2015 |
This policy brief discusses sexual and reproductive health implications of child marriage in humanitarian settings in the Arab region. |
| 6 June 2017 |
ESCWA Country Profiles 2014 - Key Energy Statistics |
This publication presents the main indicators for the region and for each of ESCWA member States on flows of energy in the latest year available, mostly 2013. |
| 18 December 2013 |
Combating domestic violence against women and girls: Policies to empower women in the Arab region |
This policy brief addresses domestic violence in the Arab region, within the context of family, and is based on a recent flagship study, jointly prepared by ESCWA and UN-WOMEN, in addition to support from the Norwegian Embassy in Beirut. It seeks to present, for the first time, evidence-based policy recommendations addressed primarily, to 18 Arab countries in order to strengthen their resolution towards ending violence against women and girls, particularly in the domestic sphere. |
| 28 February 2019 |
Undertaking Population and Housing Census Register-based and combined methodologies |
This publication aims to facilitate the use of administrative registers in the 2020 census round (and later rounds) in the Arab region. |
| 13 August 2013 |
Social Policy Brief - Gender Mainstreaming in Youth Strategies - Issue No. 5 |
This Brief provides an overview of national youth policies in ESCWA member countries and underlines the importance of youth and gender integration in fostering sustainable development. |
| 20 May 2015 |
A Standardization Framework to Promote an Enabling Environment for Arabic e-Services |
This study focuses on diverse standards used in developing e-services. It starts by mentioning the importance of e-services, and the role of standards in increasing its adoption. Then, it lists the main Standard Developing Organizations. Standards for specifying e-services are first described, especially those related to web service development, data encoding and exchange, electronic data interchange, and web service routing and addressing. The study also describes the main e-service security standards, main standard frameworks used for e-Business and e-Commerce applications. |
| 28 August 2014 |
Effective use of statistics in evidence-based policymaking - conceptual framework |
While many efforts have been exerted to build the statistical capacities of ESCWA member countries, the use of statistics in policymaking requires further development, with special focus on tackling shortfalls in statistical processes and their role in public policy formulation and monitoring. |