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2 September 2020 |
Trends and Impacts in Conflict Settings, No. 6: Developing a Risk-Assessment Framework for the Arab Region |
Publication develops a risk assessment framework for the Arab region |
7 September 2020 |
Fiscal Multiplier in Egypt |
This paper estimates the fiscal multiplier for government expenditure in Egypt at the aggregate level and at the level of key expenditure items, with the aim of contributing to setting priorities for government spending and raising its efficiency, especially during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
8 September 2020 |
Assessing Arab Economic Integration: How Agricultural Trade can Affect the Achievement of the SDGs through Further Integration Third Edition |
The Arab Economic Integration report singles out the agricultural sector as one which can truly take off with the right mix of proactive policies and underlying conditions. |
16 September 2020 |
Study on Gender Mainstreaming, Social Inclusion, Human Rights Processes and Outcomes of Access to Energy in Targeted Local Communities in Lebanon |
This report presents the findings of a detailed review and analysis of gender issues associated with energy services in Lebanon. It calls attention to the challenges and barriers rural women face in employment and entrepreneurship in energy sectors. It also highlights the potential for gender mainstreaming and identifies opportunities to support the local private sector, and to promote and expand the use of small-scale renewable energy technologies, while emphasizing the environmental and climate benefits associated with them. |
22 September 2020 |
Study on Gender Mainstreaming, Social Inclusion, Human Rights Processes and Outcomes of Access to Energy in Targeted Local Communities in Jordan |
This report presents the findings of a detailed review and analysis of gender issues associated with energy services in Jordan. It calls attention to the challenges and barriers rural women face in employment and entrepreneurship in energy sectors. It also highlights the potential for gender mainstreaming and identifies opportunities to support the local private sector, and to promote and expand the use of small-scale renewable energy technologies, while emphasizing the environmental and climate benefits associated with them. |
23 September 2020 |
Syria at War: Eight Years On |
The “Syria at War: Eight Years On” report is the second product of the collaboration between the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS) at the University of St Andrews. It is the result of extensive research by scholars and experts and benefited from the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) Programme’s platform for technical dialogue between a broad spectrum of Syrian stakeholders aimed at moving towards consensus beyond the polarizations of the conflict period. |
15 October 2020 |
ESCWA Water Development Report 8: The Water-related Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab Region |
This report examines the role of water-related SDG targets and indicators in informing the development of policy measures to tackle water challenges in the Arab region. Selected policy options are analyzed under various climate change scenarios in view of informing sustainable planning and appropriate decision support systems to optimize and rationalize water use. |
16 October 2020 |
Arab National Reporting Platforms for the Sustainable Development Goals: Assessment |
SDGs National Reporting Platforms (NRPs) are essential to help member countries to achieve their national development goals and are crucial elements to monitor and report the progress towards achieving the SDGs at all levels. |
17 October 2020 |
COVID-19: Impact on Transport in the Arab Region |
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global health and economic crisis that has transformed the world. The transport sector has been hardly hit due to the various measures taken to limit the spread of the pandemic. |
22 October 2020 |
National Connectivity Report Jordan 2020 |
The National Connectivity Report of Jordan 2020 is a deliverable of the project “Sustainable transport connectivity and implementation of transport related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in selected landlocked and transit/bridging countries” funded by the United Nations Development Account. |