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| 28 April 2015 |
The Arab Middle Class Report: a force for change? (by Abdallah Al Dardari and Naren Prasad) |
The geopolitical and socioeconomic map of the Arab region is currently facing the most serious existential threat since the creation of independent Arab nation States in the mid-twentieth century. Disillusionment with the prospect of a serious peace process in Palestine; the seizure of vast areas of land in the Arab Mashreq by the Islamic State; |
| 28 April 2015 |
Role of middle class as the main drivers of new Arab development model |
Engaging the middle class in reshaping a future is the only sustainable way forward for the Arab region, highlighted the Arab Middle Class Report titled “Arab Middle Class: Measurement and Role in Driving Change”. For decades, the Arab development model has thrust upon generous public services and subsidies in exchange for little or no public policy accountability. However, this “authoritarian bargain” came with an expiration date. It began in the 1990s with the onset of economic structural adjustment programmes. |
| 5 May 2015 |
Fourth Meeting for ETC’s Board of Governors |
The fourth meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) comes shortly after the composition of the new Board represented by 16 Arab countries for three years. Achievements for 2012, 2013, 2014 and the development of the ETC activities that cover many ESCWA member States will be presented during this meeting in addition to its work plan for the years 2015, 2016. This meeting comes also after the report of the External Evaluation towards the sustainability strategy and the priorities of the Centre since its establishment three years ago, an |
| 7 May 2015 |
Second Session of the Arab High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development (In Arabic) |
كلمة معالي الدكتورة ريما خلفوكيلة الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة والأمينة التنفيذية للإسكواصاحب السمو الشيخ علي بن خليفة آل خليفة، نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء ونائب راعي الحفل صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير خليفة بن سلمان آل خليفة رئيس وزراء مملكة البحرين معالي السيدة فائقة الصالح، وزيرة التنمية الاجتماعية بمملكة البحرين |
| 7 May 2015 |
Arab Governance Report: Governance Challenges in Countries Undergoing Transition |
This report seeks to clarify the concept of democratic governance and to contextualize it in Arab transition countries |
| 11 May 2015 |
تقـريـر الاجتماع التشاوري الإقليمي حول المؤتمر الدولي للسكان والتنمية لما بعد عام 2014 وخطة التنمية لما بعد عام 2015: تعزيز دور اللجان والمجالس الوطنية للسكان بيروت، 26 و27 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2014 |
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| 14 May 2015 |
TRAVEL ASSISTANT, G6 |
his post is located within the General Services Section, Administrative Services Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Travel Assistant reports directly to the Chief, GSS and will be under the overall supervision of the Director of ASD.
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| 14 May 2015 |
DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION, D1 |
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| 15 May 2015 |
Secretary of the Commission |
Mr. Karim Khalil |
| 18 May 2015 |
Economic convergence in the Arab region |
Economic convergence in the Arab region: Where do we stand and how do we further it? e in Arab countries in regard to several economic dimensions. Overall there is little evidence of convergence in income per capita for the entire Arab region, although this result is not robust to different timeframes. The existence of natural resources by itself does not explain convergence, as resource-poor countries are not converging among themselves. |