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| 17 April 2014 |
Guide on climate change negotiations for representatives and negotiators from Arab countries |
The main objective of the guide is to strengthen the capacities of negotiators from Arab countries in negotiations about future climate change, with a view to enhancing regional cooperation and achieving common goals. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Statistical Abstract of the ESCWA Region, No. 28 |
This publication presents time series comparative statistics and indicators on core areas of economic and social development in ESCWA member countries for 2008. This issue of the Statistical Abstract consists of 11 chapters, each focusing on one of the following: population and labour force, education and illiteracy, health, gender equality, national accounts, energy, industry, transport, foreign trade, financial statistics and prices, and information and communications technology. |
| 20 May 2015 |
ESCWA Technical Cooperation Menu: Delivering a Broad Range of Expertise to Member Countries |
This document lists a variety of programs that are responsible of delivering a range of expertise to member countries. It starts by explaining the role of Technical Cooperation Program that provides advisory services and technical support for member countries and development partners in order to achieve inclusive and sustainable development. This program assists them particularly in establishing development strategies, strengthening human resources and disseminating knowledge and information. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Guidelines for Energy Efficiency in the Tourism Sector: Strategy, Design, Systems and Operations Approach |
The primary objectives of this document are to help public and private sector planners, developers and designers, as well as the management and operating staff, in the tourism sector to conceptualize and recommend options for energy systems, design and management, that minimize the consumption of scarce energy resources and reduce the energy system’s environmental impacts. |
| 15 August 2013 |
Inter-Regional Report on Labour Migration and Social Protection |
This report provides an overview of the human rights issues associated with international migration from the ESCAP to the ESCWA region. It also looks at the abuse of migrant rights in the country origin and the sponsorship system that regulates their lives from ESCAP countries in the GCC countries. Moreover, this report discusses the relevant international conventions that protect migrant domestic workers, the legal framework within which they live and work as well as the ratification of the International Labour Organization Convention on Domestic Workers. |
| 12 July 2017 |
The impacts of the introduction of value added tax in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
The idea of creating a value added tax in GCC countries is a recurrent idea that re-emerged with insistence recently. Indeed, the budgetary difficulties that GCC countries are facing in the aftermath of the 2014’s oil price chock convinced them to reform of their existing tax systems. In this regard, this study attempts to assess the economic and fiscal implication of the implementation of a 5 percent value added tax in six GCC countries. |
| 30 August 2017 |
Harnessing the Demographic Dividend: Social Development Bulletin Vol 6, No. 2 |
The bulletin sheds light on the demographic window of opportunity that could lead to economic and social gains with the development of the right socio-economic policies. |
| 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. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Glossary of Shared Water Resources |
This glossary of common terminology used in shared water resources was prepared in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in Hanover, Germany through a joint project with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| 20 May 2015 |
Report on the Electronic Fora as part of the Portal “Towards an Inclusive Participatory Development in the ESCWA region” |
The ESCWA launched a portal called “Towards an inclusive Participatory Development in the ESCWA region”, to promote the participation of civil society and the exchange of ideas and experiences and to trigger interactive discussions. Three electronic fora were part of this portal as they aimed at promoting a dynamic civil society and tackled the following issues: “Participation in Public Policy processes”, “Media and Development” and “Social Integration: towards achieving inclusive participation in Western Asia”. |