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| 17 March 2020 |
Finance & Budget Officer, P3 (JO) |
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| 17 March 2020 |
Launching the 2020 ICP Cycle & Treatment of 2018 Price Data |
ESCWA conducted a regional meeting for launching the 2020 ICP Cycle and for Treatment and Validation of 2018 Household and Non-Household Consumption Price Data. With the 2017 ICP Cycle coming to an end, the 2020 ICP Cycle will require full collection of data for 2020 to eventually compute PPPs and the corresponding indicators. |
| 18 March 2020 |
At least 1.7 million jobs will be lost in the Arab region due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Beirut, 18 March 2020--In addition to the rising death toll and extremely heavy burden on health-care systems, the Arab region is suffering from losses of jobs at an alarming rate due to COVID-19, according to a policy brief issued today by ESCWA featuring the first economic assessment of the cost of the pandemic on the region. |
| 19 March 2020 |
Economic Affairs Officer, P4 (JO) |
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| 19 March 2020 |
Economic Affairs Officer, P4 (TJO) |
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| 19 March 2020 |
Economic Affairs Officer, P3 (JO) |
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| 19 March 2020 |
Economic Affairs Officer, P4 (JO) |
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| 19 March 2020 |
Social Affairs Officer, P4 (JO) |
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| 20 March 2020 |
Implementing Partners |
Calls for expression of interest for partnerships are open to all existing and/or new prospective implementing partners who wish to participate. Based on applications received, ESCWA will select the best-fit partner for the project implementation. |
| 20 March 2020 |
Introducing Web Scraping in Price Data Collection |
The International Comparison Program (ICP) team at ESCWA’s has been exploring new techniques to enhance price statistics in the region by using technology and Big Data tools as a non-traditional data collection method complementing traditional data collection. This initiative aims to improve data quality, raise the frequency of data collection, reduce field visits and increase work efficiency by ensuring regular automated extraction of price data from online outlets for both CPI and ICP purposes. |