Key messages 01 Successful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development require strong policy responses. 02 The optimization model developed...
Introduction The challenges facing Arab countries today reflect decades-long problems, such as civil war, political violence, foreign military intervention, youth unemployment, gender inequality,...
Background The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was adopted at a time when the Arab region was witnessing unprecedented population movements. Following its endorsement by...
Executive summary The Arab region witnesses one of the highest rates of water scarcity globally and a very critical freshwater situation. More than 200 million people live under conditions of water...
Executive summary Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, social protection systems in the Arab region were weak, fragmented, not inclusive and non-transparent. They were also costly and unsustainable...
From 10 to 21 May 2021, the Gaza Strip endured intensive Israeli military attacks that resulted in the deaths of 260 Palestinians, including 66 children and 41 women. At the peak of the offensive,...
February 2022 This technical paper was developed within the framework of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Sustainable Urban Development, particularly on...
ESCWA: 2 Arab currencies lost more than 80% of their purchasing power between 2019 and 2021 Beirut, 2 February 2022--The local currencies of the Sudan and Lebanon lost about 87% and 82% of their...
ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL6.GCP/2020/1 Introduction Least developed countries (LDCs) are highly representative of the most vulnerable and marginalized countries in the world. LDCs are...
Introduction The deteriorating economic activity and domestic political instability witnessed in Lebanon since 2019 have increased pressure on the fixed exchange rate, and caused a devaluation of the...