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11 December 2014	Arab Integration: A 21st Century Development Imperative	“Arab Integration: A 21st Century Development Imperative” is the name of the flagship report produced by ESCWA in preparation for the upcoming Arab Economic Forum set to be held in Tunisia early next year. To launch the report, the Carnegie Middle East Centre is organizing a panel at 9:30 AM tomorrow Tuesday, at the Pheonicia Intercontinental Hotel, Beirut. The panel, which will gather leading thinkers from the Arab region, will be opened by former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf.
20 May 2015	ESCWA Technical Cooperation Report, 2006‎	This report aims to update all stakeholders in the progress of the ESCWA technical cooperation programme during 2006, despite the challenging unstable environment of the region. The report highlights the main operational achievements of ESCWA during the past year including the newly formed integrated social policies framework, the efforts to support Iraqi academic institutions, and the formalization of the regional trade and environment initiative.
8 December 2017	Executive Committee, 4th meeting	The Executive Committee was established pursuant to Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) resolution 320 (XXVIII) at its twenty-eighth session in September 2014, after amending the terms of reference of the Technical Committee, redesignating it and increasing its executive role within ESCWA. The Executive Committee plays an important role in steering and coordinating all of the Commission’s activities, tracking the implementations of recommendations and the application of discussed agendas, as well as following up on important regional and global issues including th
26 June 2019	Executive Secretary receives Saudi Ambassador in Beirut	Beirut, 26 June 2019 (ESCWA)--United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Rola Dashti, today received Saudi Ambassador in Beirut Waleed Abdullah Bukhari on top of a delegation. Discussions revolved around issues of mutual concern. Following the meeting, Ambassador Bukhari highlighted that discussions focused on mutual cooperation and on supporting the mission of ESCWA across the Arab region.
21 May 2015	Reaping the Rewards of Demographic Transitions: Investing in Arab Youth, Social Policy Brief, No. 7	This policy brief focuses on the need to invest in youth development in order to reap the rewards of the demographic dividend, and discusses tools and policy options.
27 December 2016	Economic Trends and Impacts: Banking Sector Lending Behaviour and Efficiency in Selected ESCWA Member Countries, Issue No. 3	This series presents an analysis of the developments in the ESCWA member countries on the macroeconomic and institutional levels.
7 July 2017	Famine, Another War to be Faced by the Region	Famine, Another War to be Faced by the Region By Roula Majdalani & Kamil Hamati
13 September 2013	Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia	This publication is the first effort led by the United Nations to comprehensively identify and assess the state of transboundary surface and groundwater resources in the Western Asia. It was prepared by ESCWA and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) and was developed in close consultation with ESCWA member countries, as well as regional and international experts.
15 December 2015	Triggers of Transformation: Resilient Governance Institutions in Conflict-affected Countries	The Expert Group Meeting on Triggers of Transformation: Resilient Governance Institutions in Conflict-affected Countries was organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in partnership with the Regional Hub for Arab States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and held in Beirut, Lebanon, on 1-2 December 2015.
5 December 2014	Information Society Measurement : Core Indicators, Statistics, and Data Collection – ICT Indicators in Education and E-Government	The lack of a comprehensive comparable set of information and communications technology ‎‎(ICT) indicators poses a major obstacle to strategic decision-making, for instance in identifying ‎priority areas of policy action, assessing and revising ICT strategies, allocating resources, monitoring ‎progress, evaluating impacts, and benchmarking national/regional/global development of the ‎information society.

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