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ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/INF.1


Country: Arab region

Publication Type: Information material

Cluster: 2030 Agenda and SDG Coordination

Focus Area: Inclusive development, Population dynamics & migration

Initiatives: Sustainable urban development

SDGs: Agenda 2030

Keywords: Population, Population dynamics, Social development, Development, Women, Youth, Sustainable development, Persons with disabilities, Ageing persons, Poverty

Arab regional review five years after the 2013 Cairo declaration

January 2019

It highlights major demographic trends in the Arab region and relates them to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, adopted in 1994. It outlines major challenges in the region to achieve sustainable development as well as progress made with respect to poverty alleviation, women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, sexual and reproductive health, mobility and environmental sustainability, and enabling environment. It concludes with showing the way forward and summarizing the key messages from the Arab regional review.

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