Global Development Index: Methodology
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Information material | E/ESCWA/CL6.GCP/2025/TP.3 | April 2025
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Focus areas
- 2030 Agenda
- 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
- Sustainable urban development
- Development challenges
- Governance and institution building
- Women’s rights and gender mainstreaming
- Promoting social justice
- Arab Forum for Sustainable Development
- Addressing multidimensional poverty
- Arab information society
- Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities
- Reducing inequalities
- Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Data
- International migration
- Gender Justice and the Law
- Reforming social protection systems
- Trade & industry statistics
- RICCAR
- Women, peace and security
- Women’s economic empowerment
- Climate Resilience through Regional Cooperation
- Public finance and inclusive fiscal policy
- Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies
- Financial & macroeconomic statistics for National accounts
- Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- Arab Digital Inclusion Platform
- Promoting renewable energy investments
- Digital Development
- Older persons
- Social Expenditure Monitor for Arab States
- Advancing water and food security
- Partnerships for Agenda 2030
- Population & Housing Censuses
- Water Resources Management Tools
- Technology Centre
- Support to the Palestinian people
- Transport and trade connectivity
- Young people
- Arab Financing for Development Gateway
- Digital Arabic Content
- Enhancing resilience and sustainability of agriculture
- Job creation
- Promoting food and water security
- Blockchain for international trade
- Civil registration & vital statistics
- Gender statistics
- Including persons with disabilities in the labour market
- Innovation policies
- Economic Statistics and National Accounts
- ENACT project
- REGEND
- Arab Financing for Development Scorecard
- Monitoring money-metric poverty
- COVID-19 Stimulus Tracker
- Supporting Least Developed Countries
- Transport statistics
- Advancing environment & energy statistics
- Debt Optimization to Enhance Fiscal Space
- Integrated national financing frameworks
- Strengthening transboundary risk mitigation
- Arab Internet Governance Forum
- Life Cycle
- National Agenda for the Future of Syria Programme
- Statistics Governance
- Arab Open and Innovative Government
- Enhancing competition and consumer protection laws and policies
- Water & energy nexus
- Arab-European Research Network on Disability
- Government electronic & mobile services
- Up-scaling energy efficiency in residential & services sectors
- Improved Water Security in Arab States
- Arab exports
- Arab Initiative for Mobilizing Climate Finance for Water
- Artificial intelligence & big data
- Artificial Intelligence-Powered Budgeting
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
- Cyber Legislation
- Green Technologies for Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
- Libya Socioeconomic Dialogue
- Road safety in the Arab region
- Voluntary reporting on the 2030 Agenda
- Water Action Decade
- Disability Statistics
- Illicit Financial Flows
- AWARENET
- Climate/SDGs Debt Swap
- Improving transport & logistics
- Taxation and domestic public resource mobilization
- Arab Dialogue on Internet Governance
- SDG Stories
- Purchasing Power Parities
- Yemen Vision for Recovery and Development
- Forced displacement
- Geographic Information System for transport networks and facilities in the Arab region
- Islamic finance
- Using index simulators
- Resilient water solutions against climate change in Jordan and Lebanon
- (-) Enhancing integrated national development planning
Clusters
Keywords
- ARAB COUNTRIES
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- GOVERNANCE
- LABOUR MARKET
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- FINANCIAL FLOWS
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
- EMPLOYMENT
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
- KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
- LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- REGIONAL COOPERATION
- REMITTANCES
- SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- ACTIVITIES
- COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- COMPETITION
- CONSUMER PROTECTION
- DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
- DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS
- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- ECONOMIC SURVEYS
- EMPOWERMENT
- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- MEASUREMENT
- PETROLEUM
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- RESILIENCE
- SANITATION SERVICES
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- SOCIAL POLICY
- SOCIAL SURVEYS
- STOCK MARKETS
- SURVEYS
- TARIFFS
- TRADE
- TRADE FACILITATION
- ACCESSIBILITY
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS
- ARMED CONFLICTS
- ATTITUDE
- BANKS
- BUSINESS
- CAPACITY BUILDING
- CAPITAL MARKETS
- CASE STUDIES
- CHILD MORTALITY
- CITIES
- CIVIL SERVICE
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
- COMPETITION POLICY
- CORPORATE CORRUPTION
- CORRUPTION
- COVID-19
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
- CULTURE
- DEBT MANAGEMENT
- DECISION-MAKING
- DEVELOPING AREAS
- DEVELOPMENT
- DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
- DISABILITY STATISTICS
- E-GOVERNMENT
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- ECONOMIC CRISIS
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS
- ECONOMIC RECESSION
- ECONOMICS OF SCALE
- ECONOMIC STATISTICS
- EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS
- EMIGRATION
- EMPLOYMENT CREATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- EQUALITY
- EUROPEAN FEDERATION
- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FINANCIAL SERVICES
- FISCAL POLICY
- FOOD SECURITY
- FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
- FOREIGN TRADE
- FREE TRADE
- FUELS
- GENDER EQUALITY
- GLOBALIZATION
- GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
- GROUP DYNAMICS
- GUIDELINES
- HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- HOUSEHOLDS
- HOUSING MARKET
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- HUNGER
- INDEXES
- INDUSTRIAL POLICY
- INFORMATION SOCIETY
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- INNOVATIONS
- INSTITUTIONAL MACHINERY
- INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
- INVESTMENTS
- JOB CLASSIFICATION
- JOB DESCRIPTION
- JORDAN
- LABOUR MOVEMENTS
- LEBANON
- LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
- LIVING CONDITIONS
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- MANUALS
- MASS MEDIA
- MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
- MIGRATION
- MIGRATION STATISTICS
- MONETARY POLICY
- MOROCCO
- NATIONAL INCOME
- NATURAL RESOURCES
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- PARTNERSHIP
- PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- PETROLEUM PRICES
- PETROLEUM REVENUES
- PHARMACEUTICALS
- POLICY MAKING
- POLITICAL ASPECTS
- POVERTY
- POVERTY MITIGATION
- PRICE INDICES
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- PROJECT EVALUATION
- PROJECT MONITORING
- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- PUBLIC DEBT
- PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- PURCHASING POWER
- REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
- REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- REGIONAL PLANNING
- RESEARCH
- RESOURCES MOBILIZATION
- SANCTIONS
- SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE
- SANITATION
- SECONDARY EDUCATION
- SOCIAL ASPECTS
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
- STATE OF PALESTINE
- STATISTICAL DATA
- SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- SYRIANS
- TAX REVENUES
- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- TECHNOLOGY
- TOP STATE OFFICIALS
- TOURISM STATISTICS
- TRADE AGREEMENTS
- TRADE EXPANSION
- TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
- TRADE POLICY
- TUNISIA
- UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES
- UNITED STATES
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- WATER SUPPLY
- WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
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