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| 21 December 2017 |
Rethinking Fiscal Policy for the Arab Region |
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| 16 October 2017 |
Climate Change Adaptation in Economic Development Using Integrated Water Resources Management Tools |
The training modules were developed within the framework of the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) project on “Developing the Capacities of the Arab Countries for Climate Change Adaptation by Applying IWRM Tools”. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Health and Millennium Development Goals in the ESCWA region |
This technical paper on Health and MDGs represents one of the concerted efforts of the Statistics Division at ESCWA to provide evidence-based regional information on its member countries in the health sector. It recognizes the contribution made by each country to attain the MDGs in fulfilling their promises to the Declaration. In such a diverse region as ESCWA, attention is to be directed at the most critical areas in order to raise awareness for support and policy-intervention. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for ESCWA region |
The civil registration system is considered the best source for generating accurate, reliable and timely vital statistics. Not all national civil registration systems are fully in place in terms of coverage of vital events, effectiveness and their linkage with national statistical systems, thus preventing their use for producing reliable vital statistics. Consequently, alternative data sources such as censuses and sample surveys are then used to obtain these statistics. |
| 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. |
| 16 October 2017 |
Climate Change Adaptation and Ecosystem-Based Management Using Integrated Water Resources Management Tools |
The training modules were developed within the framework of the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) project on “Developing the Capacities of the Arab Countries for Climate Change Adaptation by Applying IWRM Tools”. |
| 16 October 2017 |
Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Using Integrated Water Resources Management Tools |
The training modules were developed within the framework of the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) project on “Developing the Capacities of the Arab Countries for Climate Change Adaptation by Applying IWRM Tools”. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Status of the Digital Arabic Content Industry in the Region |
The study consists of four sections and a preview, in which, an account of ESCWA contributions to the subject of digital Arabic content since 2003 is summarized. Section I deals with definition of the two major sectors which provide the feed for digitization: the media content and the creative sectors, with large portions of both sectors being digitized, or are available for digitization in the future. Section I also provides an overview of the global status of digital content. Section II addresses the economic aspects of the DAC market. |
| 16 August 2016 |
Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in the Arab Region |
The international workshop participants discussed conditional cash transfer programmes as a tool to lift people in the Arab region out of poverty. |
| 23 October 2017 |
The Effect of Governance on the Allocation of Expenditure and the Distribution of Revenue: Evidence from Selected Arab Countries |
This study uses analytical and quantitative analysis to examine the interdependence between government expenditure and government revenue from one side and governance indicators from the other in selected oil importers and exporters in the region. Among the questions we examine are the following; how does corruption, the rule of law, government effectiveness, accountability, regulatory quality and political stability affect expenditure on health, education, and social spending, tax revenue (direct and indirect) and non-tax revenue, among other things. |