SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Proposed Arab Digital Agenda: Preliminary Framework for the Arab Information and Communication Technology Strategy for Sustainable Development E/ESCWA/TDD/2019/TP.4 The integration of ICT into the various sectors has led to improve the effectiveness of activities and to develop these sectors. Regional and national digital Agendas are documents that provide a... |
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Between Now and 2030: A statistical overview of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab region E/ESCWA/CL4.SIT/2021/SDGS/STAT.1 Under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, one decade is left to push development and compile much needed evidence to measure progress, stagnation and setbacks. The present report... |
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Climate/SDGs Debt Swap Mechanism E/ESCWA/CL3.SEP/2020/INF.3 Public budgets in the developing countries of the region are pressed due to rising external debt and debt service, which risks expenditure on climate action and for achieving the SDGs. The... |
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Intellectual Property for Fostering Innovation in the Arab World E/ESCWA/TDD/2019/5 Only few Arab countries have a national intellectual property strategy with measures that encourage and facilitate the effective development, management, and protection of intellectual... |
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Reducing Gas Flaring in Arab Countries: A Sustainable Development Necessity E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/TP.9 The study highlights the Arab region’s high reliance on fossil fuels, making it the second fastest growing regional source of greenhouse gas emissions. This is increasingly worrying for Arab... |
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2019 Status Report on the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/TP.4 This report provides an Arab region baseline for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 6.5.1: Degree of integrated water resources management implementation. The data presented in this... |
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Green Technologies, Innovations and Practice in the Agricultural Sector E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/INF.8 The Arab region faces many challenges including severe water scarcity, rising population, increasing land degradation, aridity, unsustainable energy consumption, food insecurity and deficiency in... |
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Examining multidimensional inequality in the Arab region through a capabilities lens: Presenting a pilot study in Lebanon with a focus on SDG 10 E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/TP.7 This study takes a critical look at Sustainable Development Goal 10 – aimed to reduce inequality within and among countries – and proposes an innovative research approach to capture... |
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Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/2 Achieving sustainable development in the Arab region faces structural barriers that are often shared among the 22 Arab countries, despite variations in income level, natural resources, and... |
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ESCWA Annual Report 2019 E/ESCWA/OES/2020/1 The last decade was difficult for the Arab region. A few countries fell into civil war while others suffered from serious political and economic instability. As a result, millions of people across... |
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Fiscal Policy Review of Arab States 2019 E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/WP.20 This fiscal review is first in the series following the ESCWA 2017 flagship report “Rethinking Fiscal Policy for the Arab Region”. A major focus of this fiscal policy review 2019 is to create a... |
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Towards a Common Arab Regional Job Competencies Framework for Senior Public Servants within the Context of Agenda 2030 and Public Policy E/ESCWA/CL6.GCP/2020/TP.4 Arab countries are committed to enhancing the effectiveness of their public institutions. They are allocating resources to improve the quality of services provided to citizens. Developing job... |
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ESCWA's vision on the work modalities for producing, developing and implementing the Arab Information and Communication Technology Strategy (The Arab Digital Agenda) E/ESCWA/CL4.SIT/2020/TP.7 This document presents “ESCWA's vision on the work modalities for producing, developing and implementing the Arab Information and Communication Technology Strategy (The Arab Digital Agenda)”. It... |
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Arab National Reporting Platforms for the Sustainable Development Goals: Assessment E/ESCWA/CL4.SIT/2020/TP.6 SDGs National Reporting Platforms (NRPs) are essential to help member countries to achieve their national development goals and are crucial elements to monitor and report the progress towards... |
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Desertification and Drought Day 2020: Food. Feed. Fibre. Sustainable Production and Consumption E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2020/INF.1 This paper is prepared on the occasion of the celebration of the Desertification and Drought Day 2020. It addresses this year’s theme for which the United Nations Convention to Combat... |
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges for Arab Youth and Women E/ESCWA/TDD/2019/TP.2 Entrepreneurship is generally considered as one possible solution to unemployment among the youth and the economic empowerment of women in the Arab region. This study discusses the opportunities... |
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Impact of Fourth Industrial Revolution on Development in Arab countries E/ESCWA/TDD/2019/3 This study contextualizes the discussions around the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to the Arab countries. For more than two decades, ESCWA identified Biotechnologies and advanced... |
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Arab Horizon 2030: Innovation Perspectives for achieving SDGs in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/TDD/2019/2 The publication explores innovation approaches and technological trends that bolster inclusive sustainable development and the achievement of SDGs in the Arab region by: ... Arabic (4.86 MB) English (4.85 MB) |
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Arab Horizon 2030: Digital Technologies for Development E/ESCWA/TDD/2017/3 The study entitled Arab Horizon 2030: Digital Technologies for Development is a central part of ESCWA efforts to promote radical policy changes towards utilizing digital technologies for... |
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Tracking SDG 7: Energy Progress Report Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/3 This publication is the latest and most thoroughly updated regional edition of the Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) Regional Tracking Report which addresses access to sustainable and... |