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| 20 May 2015 |
The Third Arab Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2010 and the Impact of the Global Economic Crises |
This report provides detailed information on where the Arab region stands in terms of achieving the MDGs by 2015. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Holds Press Conference, Launches Information Economy Report 2012 in Beirut |
ESCWA Director of Information and Communication Technology Division Haidar Fraihat will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 to launch the Information Economy Report 2012 entitled: “The Software Industry and Developing Countries” at ESCWA Headquarters, Riad Solh, Beirut. First Information Technology Officer at ESCWA Rami Zaatari will highlight the main findings of this year’s report with a focus on the Arab region. |
| 20 May 2015 |
ESCWA Water Development Report 3: Role of Desalination in Addressing Water Scarcity |
The water supply and demand balance in most of ESCWA member countries is in serious deficit. The average share of renewable freshwater in 8 out of 14 member countries is 500 cubic meters per capita per year, or less than half of the internationally accepted water poverty threshold of 1,000 cubic meters per capita per year. Desalination, which has been practiced for more than 50 years in the ESCWA region, has emerged as the primary response to water scarcity in several countries. |
| 11 March 2019 |
Launching of the baseline mapping study of the energy use situation in the buildings sector in Jordan |
The national seminar will focus on the methodologies for developing the baseline mapping study of the energy use situation in the buildings sector in Jordan. It is an activity scheduled in the framework of the UN Development Account (UNDA) project on “Up–scaling Energy Efficiency in the residential and services sectors in the Arab Region”. |
| 19 December 2013 |
A study of age reporting in selected Arab censuses of population |
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| 12 July 2019 |
Expert Group Meeting to discuss the "Regional Report on Progress in the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in the Arab Region Twenty-Five Years Later" |
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| 14 June 2020 |
UN World Water Development Report 2020 - Water and Climate Change Arab Region Regional Webinar |
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science for the Arab States, in coordination with UNESCO Field Offices in the Arab Region and in partnership with the United Nations Social and Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), will conduct an online webinar to launch the United Nations |
| 18 May 2020 |
Expert Group Meetings to discuss the Situation Analysis of Women and Girls in the Middle East |
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| 8 December 2017 |
Peer Review Meeting Social Policy Report No. 2 : Proposed outline Integrated Social Policies Project |
The Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (ESCWA) is preparing Social Policy Report No. 2 entitled “Operationalizing Social Policy in the ESCWA Region”, part of the second phase of the Integrated Social Policies Project launched by ESCWA in 2002. |
| 21 January 2016 |
Overcoming Population Vulnerability to Water Scarcity in the Arab Region: Population and Development Report Issue No. 7 |
The report analyzes the nexus between population dynamics and water scarcity and underlines the need to account for such dynamics in formulating sustainable development policies. |