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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. |
| 15 January 2015 |
Statistics Governance |
The Statistical Committee significantly contributed to the standardization of concepts, definitions and methodologies adopted by various statistical organizations of the ESCWA region. This is clearly noticeable in the collection of timely, regionally comparable and quality statistics in economic and social areas, especially, the implementation of the 1993 System of National Accounts, and gender statistics. |
| 15 January 2015 |
Economic Statistics |
The Economics Statistics Section works to build the statistical capacity of member States, and to update national accounts systems. The section collects annual national statistics from member States on gross domestic product and GDP growth, gross value added |
| 15 January 2015 |
Statistics On-line |
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| 15 January 2015 |
Macroeconomic and Sectoral Policies Coordination |
Achieving a degree of macroeconomic and sectoral policy coordination is a prerequisite for regional integration and a priority for ESCWA, which strives to foster policies that will encourage greater integration. Within that broad framework |
| 15 January 2015 |
Modelling and Forecasting |
Informed policymaking rests in part on modelling and forecasting research, some of the results of which are included in the annual flagship publication, Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region. The survey looks at the region’s socioeconomic development assets |
| 15 January 2015 |
Trade Integration |
Trade is an engine for growth and job creation. Trade, and hence regional integration, is mostly facilitated by enhancing complementarities and the removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers. The low level of trade within the region and the Arab region’s share of international trade |
| 15 January 2015 |
Financing for Development |
ESCWA’s work on financing for development aims to make member countries more attractive for domestic, intraregional and international investment, to mobilize much needed domestic and international resources, and to support member countries in their debt management |
| 15 January 2015 |
Transport and logistics |
Improving transport and logistics leads to improved regional and international competitiveness and integration. The Arab region is set to benefit from the enhanced connectivity resulting from more efficient transport and logistics, which in turn will help to reduce the cost of trade. |
| 15 January 2015 |
Economic Governance and Planning |
Good economic governance is a cornerstone for inclusive development. Accountability not only reduces opportunities for corruption in the public and private sectors and the misallocation of resources. In the long term it can contribute more generally to inclusive development, |