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Focus areas
- 2030 Agenda
- Climate change
- Debt and fiscal policy
- Financing for development
- Gender equality
- Governance & enabling environment
- Inclusive development
- Future of employment
- Macroeconomics
- Natural resource sustainability
- Population dynamics & migration
- (-) Resilient development & conflict prevention
- Statistics
- Technology & innovation
- Trade & regional connectivity
SDGs
- Agenda 2030
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- Goal 4: Quality Education
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 14: Life Below Water
- Goal 15: Life On Land
- Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Initiatives
- Governance and institution building
- Development challenges
- Sustainable urban development
- Support to the Palestinian people
- Women, peace and security
- Life Cycle
- Promoting social justice
- Strengthening transboundary risk mitigation
- Supporting Least Developed Countries
- Gender Justice and the Law
- Libya Socioeconomic Dialogue
- National Agenda for the Future of Syria Programme
- Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- Climate Resilience through Regional Cooperation
- Enhancing integrated national development planning
- International migration
- Addressing multidimensional poverty
- Arab Forum for Sustainable Development
- Partnerships for Agenda 2030
- Public finance and inclusive fiscal policy
- Reducing inequalities
- Women’s economic empowerment
- Women’s rights and gender mainstreaming
- Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Data
- Reforming social protection systems
- Advancing water and food security
- Arab-European Research Network on Disability
- Arab Dialogue on Internet Governance
- Arab Digital Inclusion Platform
- Arab Initiative for Mobilizing Climate Finance for Water
- Enhancing competition and consumer protection laws and policies
- Forced displacement
- Improved Water Security in Arab States
- Including persons with disabilities in the labour market
- Integrated national financing frameworks
- Older persons
- Promoting food and water security
- Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities
- Voluntary reporting on the 2030 Agenda
- Water Action Decade
- Yemen Vision for Recovery and Development
- Young people
- Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies
- Arab Financing for Development Scorecard
- Arab information society
- Arab Internet Governance Forum
- Artificial intelligence & big data
- COVID-19 Stimulus Tracker
- Enhancing resilience and sustainability of agriculture
- Financial & macroeconomic statistics for National accounts
- Government electronic & mobile services
- Job creation
- Population & Housing Censuses
- Statistics Governance
- Transport and trade connectivity
Clusters
Keywords
- ARAB COUNTRIES
- GOVERNANCE
- CONFLICT
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- ARMED CONFLICTS
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- WOMEN
- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- PEACEBUILDING
- PEACE
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- STATISTICAL DATA
- DEVELOPMENT
- POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- POVERTY
- INSTITUTION BUILDING
- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
- ACTIVITIES
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- EDUCATION
- FOOD SECURITY
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- LEBANON
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- EMPLOYMENT
- MILITARY OCCUPATION
- REGIONAL COOPERATION
- SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS
- DISPLACED PERSONS
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- STATE OF PALESTINE
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS
- GENDER EQUALITY
- HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
- NATURAL RESOURCES
- TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
- TRAINING PROGRAMMES
- YOUTH
- CASE STUDIES
- COVID-19
- JUSTICE
- REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- SOCIAL ASPECTS
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
- CAPACITY BUILDING
- GENDER
- POLICY MAKING
- POPULAR PARTICIPATION
- PROTEST MOVEMENTS
- RECOVERY
- REFUGEES
- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
- PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- RESILIENCE
- WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
- DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
- DEMOCRATIZATION
- DEVELOPING AREAS
- HEALTH SERVICES
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- LIBYA
- LIVING CONDITIONS
- PALESTINE
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- VIOLENCE
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- CORRUPTION
- DIRECTORIES
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- EQUALITY
- FINANCIAL ASPECTS
- GENDER MAINSTREAMING
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
- HUMAN SECURITY
- IRAQ
- JORDAN
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- LABOUR MARKET
- POLITICAL LEADERS
- REVOLUTIONS
- WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- YEMEN
- BAHRAIN
- BASIC NEEDS
- BUSINESS
- CIVIL WAR
- COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- DEMOCRACY
- DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
- E-GOVERNMENT
- EGYPT
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- GIRLS
- GLOBALIZATION
- HEALTH
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- INFORMAL SECTOR
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- ISRAEL
- JUDGES
- NATIONALITY
- OMAN
- PALESTINE QUESTION
- PROGRAMME PLANNING
- PROGRAMMES OF ACTION
- SANITATION SERVICES
- STATISTICS
- SUDAN
- TECHNOLOGY
- TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
- TUNISIA
- URBAN AREAS
- WAR
- WAR ON GAZA
- WAR VICTIMS
- WATER
- WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
- WOMEN'S STATUS
- AGRICULTURE
- CITIES
- COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
- CONFERENCES
- DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT
- DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
- DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
- DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
- DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
- DJIBOUTI
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- ECONOMIC COOPERATION
- ECONOMIC RECESSION
- ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION
- EXPORTS
- FINANCIAL POLICY
- FOREIGN TRADE
- HEALTH CONDITIONS
- HOUSEHOLDS
- HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
- IMPORTS
- INFLATION
- INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
- KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
- LABOUR
- LAW REFORM
- LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- MAURITANIA
- MIGRATION
- MOROCCO
- NEIGHBOURING STATES
- PARTNERSHIP
- PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- POLITICAL CORRUPTION
- POPULATION
- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
- POVERTY MITIGATION
- RISK
- SECURITY MANAGEMENT
- SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
- SOCIAL MEDIA
- SOCIAL POLICY
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- SOMALIA
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- URBAN ECONOMICS
- VIOLENT DEATHS
- WATER SUPPLY
- WOMEN'S EDUCATION
- WOMEN'S HEALTH
- ADMINISTRATION
- AGEING PERSONS
- AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
- ALGERIA
- BANKING
- CAREGIVERS
- CIVIL SERVICE
- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
- CYBER SECURITY
- DAMAGES
- DECENT WORK
- DECISION-MAKING
- DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
- DRINKING WATER
- EARLY MARRIAGE
- ECONOMIC CRISIS
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- ECONOMIC STATISTICS
- ECONOMIC TRENDS
- EMPOWERMENT
- ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
- ETHNIC CONFLICT
- FERTILITY
- FINANCING
- FORCED MIGRATION
- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
- FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
- GROUP CONFLICT PREVENTION
- GUIDELINES
- HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
- HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
- IMMIGRANTS
- INNOVATIONS
- INSTITUTIONAL MACHINERY
- INTERCOMMUNAL NEGOTIATIONS
- INTERNAL SECURITY
- INTERNATIONAL LAW
- INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
- KUWAIT
- LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- LEGAL ASPECTS
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- MACROECONOMICS
- MANUALS
- MASS MEDIA
- MEDICAL ASPECTS
- MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
- MIGRANTS
- MINORITIES
- NATIONAL SECURITY
- NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- OLD AGE BENEFITS
- PALESTINIANS
- PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- POLICE
- POPULATION GROWTH
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- PUBLIC SERVICES
- RADICALISM
- RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS
- RESOURCES ALLOCATION
- RIGHT TO HEALTH
- SANCTIONS
- SANITARY FACILITIES
- SANITATION
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SOCIAL CONFLICT
- SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS
- SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
- SOCIAL STATUS
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- TOURISM
- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
- VIRUSES
- WAR CRIMES
- WAR PREVENTION
- WATER MANAGEMENT
- WATER POLICY
- WATER RESOURCES
- WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
- WOMEN IN POLITICS
- ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS
- ADOLESCENTS
- ADULT EDUCATION
- ADVISORY SERVICES
- AERIAL BOMBINGS
- AFGHANISTAN
- AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
- ANTITRUST LAW
- APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS
- BANKRUPTCY
- BASIC SERVICES
- BIG DATA
- BLOCKADE
- BRIBERY
- BROADBAND
- BUDGETING
- BURKINA FASO
- CAMEROON
- CARE ECONOMY
- CARE OF AGEING PERSONS
- CARTELS
- CEASEFIRES
- CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- CIVILIAN PERSONS
- CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
- CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
- COASTAL AREAS
- COMPETITION LAW
- CONGO
- CONSTITUTIONS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- CORPORATION LAW
- COSTS
- CROATIA
- CULTURAL ASPECTS
- CULTURAL COOPERATION
- CURRENCY INSTABILITY
- DATA ANALYSIS
- DATA COLLECTION
- DEATH RATE
- DEMOGRAPHY
- DESERTIFICATION
- DEVALUATION
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPMENT POLICY
- DISASTER LOSS
- DISCRIMINATION
- DISTRIBUTION
- DROUGHT
- ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
- ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE
- ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
- ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION
- ECONOMIC REFORM
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATIONAL POLICY
- ELECTRICITY
- ELECTRIC POWER
- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
- EMIGRATION
- EMIGRATION LAW
- EMPLOYMENT POLICY
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- ENERGY POLICY
- ENERGY RESOURCES
- ENERGY SERVICES
- ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS
- ESSENTIAL DRUGS
- ETHIOPIA
- FACTOR ANALYSIS
- FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FISCAL POLICY
- FISHING
- FLOODS
- FOOD
- FOOD IMPORTS
- FOOD PRODUCTION
- FOOD SHORTAGE
- FORCED MARRIAGE
- FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
- FORESTS
- FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
- FRESHWATER
- FUELS
- FUNDS
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- GENDER ROLES
- GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
- GOVERNMENT PURCHASING
- GRADUATION
- GREEN ECONOMY
- GULF STATES
- HEALTH CENTRES
- HEALTH INDICATORS
- HEALTH INSURANCE
- HEALTH PERSONNEL
- HEALTH POLICY
- HEALTH STANDARDS
- HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
- HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
- HOUSING
- HOUSING CONDITIONS
- HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS
- HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
- HUNGER
- IMMIGRATION LAW
- INCENTIVES
- INCOME
- INDEX NUMBERS
- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- INDUSTRIALIZATION
- INFANT MORTALITY
- INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
- INFORMATION SERVICES
- INFORMATION SOCIETY
- INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODIES
- INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- INTERNET
- INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
- INVESTMENT POLICY
- IRAQ SITUATION
- IRREGULAR MIGRANTS
- JOB CLASSIFICATION
- JOB DESCRIPTION
- JOB VACANCIES
- LABOUR POLICY
- LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- LEADERSHIP
- LIFE
- LIFE EXPECTANCY
- LIQUIDITY
- LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- MALI
- MARINE POLLUTION
- MARINE RESOURCES CONSERVATION
- MEASUREMENT
- MEDICAL SUPPLIES
- MENTAL HEALTH
- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- MENTAL STRESS
- MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
- MICRO-ECONOMICS
- MICROCREDIT
- MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
- MIDDLE EAST
- MIGRATION POLICY
- MILITARY EXPENDITURES
- MILITARY REFORM
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NATIONAL BUDGETS
- NATIONAL INCOME
- NATURAL DISASTERS
- NIGER
- NIGERIA
- NON-STATE ACTORS
- NUTRITION POLICY
- OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- OCCUPATIONS
- OPEN GOVERNMENT
- ORGANIZED CRIME
- PALESTINE REFUGEES
- PEACE ENFORCEMENT
- PETROLEUM PRICES
- PHYSICAL PLANNING
- PLURALISM
- POLICE POWER
- POLITICAL ASPECTS
- POLITICAL VIOLENCE
- POPULATION TRENDS
- PRECIPITATION
- PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
- PRODUCTIVE AGEING
- PRODUCTIVITY
- PROJECT EVALUATION
- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- PROJECT MONITORING
- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
- PUBLIC DEBT
- PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS
- PUBLIC FINANCE
- PUBLIC GOODS
- PUBLIC OPINION
- PUBLIC OPINION POLLS
- QATAR
- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
- QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA
- RAPE VICTIMS
- RECONSTRUCTION
- RECRUITMENT
- REGIONAL PLANNING
- REGIONAL PLANS
- REGIONAL PROGRAMMES
- REGIONAL SECURITY
- REHABILITATION
- REINTEGRATION
- RELIGIOUS GROUPS
- REMITTANCES
- RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
- RESEARCH
- RESOURCES MOBILIZATION
- RESTRICTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES
- RETIREMENT
- RETURN MIGRATION
- RIGHT TO EDUCATION
- ROAD MAPS
- ROADS
- RULE OF LAW
- SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES
- SERVICE INDUSTRIES
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- SLUMS
- SOCIAL GROUPS
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- SOCIAL ISOLATION
- SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- Social protection
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- SOCIAL STATISTICS
- SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
- SOUTH SUDAN
- STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
- STOCKHOLDERS
- SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- SYRIANS
- TAXATION
- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- TEMPERATURE
- TOLERANCE
- TOP STATE OFFICIALS
- TRADE AGREEMENTS
- TRADE LIBERALIZATION
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT COSTS
- TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
- UKRAINE
- VALUE
- WASTE TREATMENT
- WATER STATISTICS
- WEALTH
- WESTERN ASIA
- WOMEN WORKERS
- WORKERS' RIGHTS
- WORK PROGRAMME
- YEMEN SITUATION
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- YOUTH HEALTH
- YOUTH LEADERS
- Zakat
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Towards accountable security governance in Syria: Reforming institutions and stabilizing the security sector after the conflict
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Social Development Report 5: Unpacking the promise to leave no one behind in the Arab region
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Can the Arab region fulfil the promise of leaving no one behind?
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Meaningful voluntary national reviews of countries in conflict
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Guide for the development and adoption of national policies to achieve the principles of gender equality ESCWA 2024
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Action Plan for the National Strategy for Older Persons in Lebanon 2020–2030
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Syria at the crossroads: Towards a stabilized transition: Policy brief
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Syria at the crossroads: Towards a stabilized transition
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Modernizing public administrations for the SDGs in the Arab region
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National strategy for migration in Somalia - May 2024
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Proposed job competency framework implementation guide for senior public servants: State of Palestine
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