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| 30 July 2020 |
Wealth distribution and poverty impact of COVID-19 in Lebanon |
This paper estimates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income poverty and the cost of poverty eradication in Lebanon based on most recent economic growth forecasts as of June 2020, using grouped household income and expenditure survey data. There are four main results. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Advancing Sustainable Development in Post-Conflict Countries Discussed at Rio +20 |
“Advancing Sustainable Development in Post-Conflict Countries: the Cases of Lebanon and Liberia” was a side event discussion ESCWA hosted in collaboration with the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) during the Rio + 20 Conference, which was held on 20-22 June 2012 Rio de Janeiro. |
| 21 June 2019 |
ESCWA Committee on Energy convenes 12th Session |
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| 28 June 2016 |
ESCWA, IRU Sign Agreement on Transport Facilitation |
Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General Of the International Road Union (IRU) today said that trade figures within the Arab region are quite shocking, since for example only 9% of trade is between the Arab world. De Pretto was speaking at the UN House in Beirut before signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ESCWA on cooperation and coordination of efforts on transport-related issues in the Arab region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Management and Sustainability of Knowledge Hubs |
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| 7 February 2017 |
ESCWA Staff Bid Farewell to Outgoing Deputy Executive Secretary |
Tuesday 31 January 2017 marked the last day in ESCWA for Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme Abdallah Al Dardari around whom ESCWA staff members gathered for farewell moments before joining the World Bank as Senior Advisor for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in the Middle East and North Africa. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Management of Service Provisions Under Crisis Conditions (Follow-up) Workshop |
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| 26 March 2019 |
Participatory Workshop on the Political Participation of Lebanese Women |
ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW), in collaboration with the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), organized a consultative participatory workshop on Women’s Political Participation and Representation in Lebanon, on 4 April 2019 at the United House in Beirut.
The workshop brought together male and female representatives of the Lebanese political parties as well as independent political activists, in addition to members of NCLW. |
| 18 December 2018 |
Evaluating the capacity of Iraqi institutions in implementation and coordination |
The workshop aims to evaluate the capacity of institutions working in the health, education and labor sectors in addition to the municipal institution in Al-Hamdania district (Nineveh governorate) to meet the challenges of reconstruction and the integration of IDPs, based on an assessment of institutional capacities in the implementation of planned projects, and in addition to assessing the coordination capacities among different bodies, governmental and non-governmental and international organizations. |
| 23 February 2021 |
Expert Group Meeting on Groundwater Abstraction Guidelines |
ESCWA is organizing an Expert Group Meeting to review draft groundwater abstraction guidelines that have been prepared by based on an extensive review of available experiences and regulations in the Arab region in managing the abstraction of groundwater. The meeting will be conducted online on Thursday 4 March 2021. |
