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| 20 May 2015 |
Broadband for Development in the ESCWA Region: Enhancing Access to ICT Services in a Global Knowledge Society |
This report highlights the vast development potential in the ESCWA region as it moves towards the broadband revolution, with real business examples focused on selected countries. It also offers an assessment of the factors that may hinder the spread of broadband, while proposing concrete actions to guide ESCWA member countries in their quest for the enhanced infrastructure necessary to build the knowledge society. |
| 5 December 2014 |
The Launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 |
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| 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. |
| 24 March 2017 |
2017 International Women’s Day |
On the occasion of International Women’s Day marked by ESCWA on 6 March 2017, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf chose hope in spite of the brutish injustice in the region, or maybe because of it, as she noted. |
| 6 February 2015 |
FAQs |
1. I have been approved as an ESCWA/UNGM vendor but I have never been invited to bid. This may be because the product or service you offer is rarely required, and we simply haven't needed to buy any. 2. I heard there is a bid going on for "xyz" product or service. I want to participate. Who shall I contact? You are encouraged to contact our office. Please note that you will be required to undertake the same registration process before your company will be considered. 3. Are ESCWA purchases tax/duty free? |
| 12 November 2014 |
Natural Resources |
The ESCWA region is facing critical natural resource problems. Climate change, population growth, food insecurity, water scarcity, extreme weather events and regional tensions over shared water resources are challenges that make effective management of natural resources to promote sustainable development imperative. Member countries have shown a growing interest in assessing the impact of climate change, including extreme weather events, and socioeconomic vulnerability. |
| 3 February 2020 |
Palestine: Open Government and Open Data |
25 women and men from the Palestinian government attended a national workshop on open government and open data organized by ESCWA in collaboration with the Ministry for Telecommunication and Information Technology. |
| 23 April 2015 |
Report of the Executive Secretary on the Activities of the Commission: Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Work for the Biennium 1992-1993: Report on Progress Made in the ESCWA Plan to Implement Agenda 21 in the Region, for Submission |
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| 23 May 2019 |
National Accounts Studies of the Arab Region, No. 37 |
This bulletin presents available data and estimates of GDP at both current and constant prices in addition to the consolidated national accounts for each country. |
| 18 December 2014 |
Participation and social protection in the Arab Region |
The paper introduces social protection as a basic human right enshrined in international declarations and conventions. It also provides a brief overview of social protection provision in the Arab region, highlighting achievements and challenges. |