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| 15 January 2015 |
Participatory Development |
Participatory development is a process through which socio-economic policies and institutional reforms that will have long-term effects over a society are designed and implemented with the effective participation of citizens throughout. The process of Participatory Development has gained increased relevance in light of the uprisings that have shaken the political landscape in Arab countries over the past few years. |
| 22 January 2019 |
Ms. Rola Dashti of Kuwait - Executive Secretary of ESCWA |
Beirut, 22 January 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Rola Dashti of Kuwait as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). |
| 27 November 2019 |
Rethinking Inequality in Arab Countries |
The report adopts a multidimensional approach to assess outcome and opportunity inequality in the Arab states across non-income dimensions. |
| 13 November 2013 |
Trafficking of women and children in the Arab region: A regional perspective |
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| 20 May 2015 |
Report on Foreign Direct Investments Inflows in the ESCWA Region |
This report analyses actual FDI data based on the implementation of surveys of enterprises with FDI participation in these countries. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Analysis of Performance and Assessment of Growth and Productivity in the ESCWA Region, Fifth Issue |
The disappointing growth in the ESCWA region during the 1980s and 1990s was, in part, due to the failure to balance the decline in investment with an equivalent increase in human capital. The latest issue in this series analyses three member States - Egypt, Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic - over the period 1975-2000 and concludes that investment and human capital were the main sources of long-term growth and that, while total factor productivity was low, it was not negative. |
| 5 December 2014 |
The Launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 |
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| 2 September 2020 |
Assessment Report of Prevailing Situations in Rural Areas in Lebanon |
The baseline study of Lebanon, which is developed within the REGEND framework, provides an assessment of the socioeconomic and political dynamics and the environmental considerations in terms of access to energy services and availability of supply sources and associated technologies needed to support resilience in rural communities. |
| 3 November 2020 |
Expert group meeting on women’s economic empowerment in the Arab region |
The Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development Cluster of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the International Labour Organization, held a virtual expert group meeting on women’s economic empowerment in the Arab region from 28 to 30 July 2020. Participants discussed the proposed structure and preliminary outline of a forthcoming study on women’s economic empowerment. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Time Use in Gender Statistics in Iraq |
This report presents a data analysis of the time use survey, which was carried out for the first time in Iraq, as part of the Household Socio-Economic Survey (HSES) implemented by the Central Bureau of Statistics in 2007. |