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| 20 May 2015 |
Country and Regional Profiles for Sustainable Development Indicators with Selected Sectors in the ESCWA Region: Agriculture Sector |
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| 18 March 2015 |
Digital Arabic Content Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Arab Region |
The growing interest in DAC is reflected in the activities and programmes carried out by several Governments of Arab countries, such as programmes for digitizing Arab cultural heritage content implemented by some ministries of culture, and initiatives by education institutions. However, measuring DAC remains a major challenge, given the limited mechanisms and methods to measure internet content, including social media networks, documents, files and various audio and video media. |
| 15 August 2013 |
Participation and Civic Engagement Policy Brief Series: Policy Brief One Participation And Transitional Justice |
This policy brief discusses the central role of civic engagement and civil society in forging transitional justice mechanisms. Using international case studies, it outlines the general instruments of transitional justice and describes the role that civil society has played in this process. Case studies of different transitional justice programmes in Arab countries are provided, highlighting the different approaches adopted. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Managing Change: Social Policy for Economic Development |
This pamphlet emphasizes the need for sustainable growth strategies to promote investment in human resources and expanding of social protection. |
| 17 February 2015 |
Towards Better Measurement of Poverty and Inequality in Arab Countries: A Proposed Pan-Arab Multipurpose Survey |
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. |
| 25 February 2014 |
Social Development Bulletin on Migration and Youth |
This bulletin provides statistical data on youth migration flows, and discusses the development implications of outward migration of youth. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Migration Policies in ESCWA Countries |
This bulletin highlights migration policies, the migration-development nexus in ESCWA countries, and the relation of migration policies to labour markets, brain drain, migrant remittances, returning migrants and their re-integration, good practice as well as gaps in policies and systems related to migration management.
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| 4 June 2015 |
Training manual on methodologies for data collection on energy use by the transport sector |
The purpose of the manual is to provide a starting point for those in government bodies responsible for planning surveys; create a common understanding of terms and concepts; establish a common framework for reviewing and evaluating final energy consumption surveys; and summarize regional experiences. It serves as a reference on methodologies for data collection regarding energy use by the transport sector, as well as providing models for estimation (supply and use) and case studies from Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Canada. |
| 28 March 2017 |
Tracking various development plans and women strategies within the framework of the SDGs |
This report examines a number of Sustainable Development Goals, specifically Goal 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls, and shows their relationship with Arab Women’s issues. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women 2006-2009 |
This study reviews the economic and social status of Palestinian women, focusing on the achievement of women’s rights and political, social and economic development in Palestine. |




