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| 20 May 2015 |
Bulletin of Industrial Statistics for Arab Countries 2004-2010, No. 7 |
This Bulletin aims at providing detailed data on industrial statistics for Arab countries to be used for evidence-based analysis and policymaking. The publication includes time series data and indicators for the period 2004-2010. It is divided into two parts. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Local Community Development in Yemen |
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| 11 December 2014 |
“Thinking digital? Let’s innovate in Arabic!” competition in Egypt |
The door for applying to the digital Arabic content (DAC) competition is now open until 31 March 2014. Within the framework of cooperation between ESCWA and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt represented by the Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (TIEC), the digital Arabic content (DAC) competition in Egypt was launched on 2 March 2014, as part of a workshop to raise awareness on the importance of the DAC industry. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Compendium of Social Statistics and Indicators: Arab Society, No. 10 |
The Compendium of Social Statistics and Indicators is a biennial publication which focuses on such areas as population, education, households and family, human settlements, health, and economic activity. Its primary objective is to highlight social development in the region through tabulation of time series statistics and indicators. |
| 20 July 2016 |
On Competition and Regulation in the Arab Region |
Competition and Regulation in the Arab Region, Economic Governance Series 2015, is a report by ESCWA, which tackles these essential components of economic systems at the national, regional and global levels. In Arab countries, however, heavily concentrated and inefficient economies, collusion, centralization of economic power among a few elites and general rent-seeking behaviour have aggravated challenges to the adoption and enforcement of competition and antitrust laws, thereby hindering the improvement of inefficient market structures and economic governance systems. |
| 19 August 2020 |
ESCWA warns: more than half of Lebanon’s population trapped in poverty |
Estimates reveal that more than 55% of Lebanon’s population is now trapped in poverty and struggling for bare necessities, warns a new policy brief by ESCWA. |
| 1 February 2019 |
ESCWA launches first regional Data Portal |
Beirut, 31 January 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today launched the first-of-its-kind Arab region Data Portal (EDP) that offers users a variety of statistical services and products covering a range of social and economics areas, while facilitating open access to a wealth of statistical data, analysis, and information on its member states |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation for Climate Change Impact Assessment on Water Resources in the Arab Region |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Students of Aarhus University Visit ESCWA, Get Briefed on Economic Challenges in the Region |
A group of students from the University of Aarhus (Denmark) visited ESCWA today and learned about its objectives and programmes. The students were briefed on the role of ESCWA, as one of the United Nations Regional Commissions, and the opportunities and challenges facing the region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Committee on Transport, 13th session |
ESCWA organized the 13th Session of the Committee on Transport at the UN House, Beirut, during 24-26 April 2012. The session represented a continuation of efforts made by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) to complete the development of the Integrated Transport System in the Arab Mashreq (ITSAM) and follow up the implementation of its components, with a view to facilitating trade and transport between the countries of the region and achieving regional integration. |