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| 15 January 2015 |
Social Justice |
Arab countries face pressing social justice challenges, including persistent poverty and inequality, a lack of basic goods and services, high unemployment, discrimination against women, unequal treatment of persons with disabilities, forced displacement and occupation. |
| 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. |
| 3 April 2020 |
Joint workshop for capacity building in price data collection |
Given that some countries are participating in the ICP in both Western Asia and Africa regions, the regional offices at ESCWA and the African Development Bank (AFDB) conducted a joint workshop for building statistical capacity in ICP/CPI price data collection in dual participating countries. |
| 12 November 2014 |
Statistics |
The Statistics Division at ESCWA not only acts as a regional focal point for the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), other organizations and member States |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on National Accounts |
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| 1 February 2021 |
Expert meeting to review Action plan of the 2019 Cairo Declaration for agriculture and water sectors |
In response to the recommendations of the Second High-Level Joint Committee for water and agriculture that was held on 19 October 2020, the Technical Secretariat of the Joint Arab Ministerial Council for Water and Agriculture (Technical Secretariat of the AMWC and AOAD) organized with ESCWA and FAO the Expert Meeting to review and discuss the draft executive plan to activate the Cairo Declaration 2019 for joint coordination between the agricultural and water sectors. |
| 28 November 2016 |
Climate Change Integrated Vulnerability assessment: Expert Group Review |
Project to vet the application of the vulnerability assessment methodology prepared within the framework of the RICCAR initiative. |
| 18 November 2013 |
Impact of ICT on Arab youth: Employment, education and social change |
This report analyzes the impact of ICT on Arab Youth by considering the economic, educational and social change dimensions. Chapter I discusses the current status of employment and education among youth in the region. In chapter II initiatives and policies implemented to address youth unemployment in the region are examined. Chapter III focus specifically on the role that ICT could play in curbing regional youth unemployment. |
| 5 December 2014 |
ESCWA statistical Information System (ESIS) Training |
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| 27 December 2016 |
Economic Trends and Impacts in the ESCWA Region, Issue No. 2 |
This study presents an analysis of recent financial developments in the region, especially in the context of the capitalist framework that has been newly introduced. |