2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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	Assessing Arab Economic Integration: How Agricultural Trade can Affect the Achievement of the SDGs through Further Integration Third Edition E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/4 The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the scale of its impact across the Arab region highlight the need for collaborative economic integration that strengthens the region’s recovery and builds... Arabic (3.96 MB) English (2.77 MB)
	Evaluating Renewable Manufacturing Potential in the Arab Region – Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates E/ESCWA/SDPD/2017/TECHNICAL PAPER.6 The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (ESCWA) conducted a study on the potential of local manufacturing of... Arabic (1.99 MB) English (1.99 MB)
	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... Arabic (713.44 KB) English (713.44 KB)
	Report The expert group meeting on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus In the Arab region Amman, 24-25 March 2015 E/ESCWA/SDPD/2015/WG.2/2/Report Arabic (289.36 KB) English (196.9 KB)
	Report: Regional expert group meeting on small and medium enterprises and their role in sustainable development in the Arab region Kuwait, 6-7 November 2012 E/ESCWA/SDPD/2013/WG.10/Report Arabic (441.45 KB) English (352.81 KB)
	Arab Millennium Development Goals Report 2011: An inclusive approach to development in a time of transition E/ESCWA/EDGD/2011/7 The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) intends to contribute to the critical evaluation of the progress made towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)... Arabic (3.69 MB) English (1.45 MB)
	Situation Report on International Migration 2019: The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the Context of the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/3 The third edition of the Situation Report on International Migration comes at a time of unprecedented levels of international migration in the Arab region. The region hosts over 38 million... Arabic (5.33 MB) English (4.57 MB)
	Assessment Report of Prevailing Situations in Rural Areas in Lebanon E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2020/TP.1 The baseline study for Lebanon was developed within the REGEND (Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region) framework with an... Arabic (4.89 MB) English (4.89 MB)
	Assessment Report of Prevailing Situations in Rural Areas in Tunisia E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2020/TP.2 The baseline study for Tunisia was developed within the Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND) framework with an... Arabic (5.05 MB) English (5.05 MB)
	ESCWA Water Development Report 7: Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDPD/2017/3 Since 2005, several global processes have called for an integrated approach to climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Calls to pursue this integration were... Arabic (4.65 MB) English (3.88 MB)
	ESCWA Water Development Report 8: The Water-related Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDPD/2019/5 Water-related SDGs have a central role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. While the dedicated goal on... Arabic (4.49 MB) English (3.22 MB)
	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... Arabic (23.53 MB) English (23.53 MB)
	Social Development Report 2: Inequality, Autonomy and Change in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2017/6 This report examines how inequality and personal autonomy are likely to impact on the broad “political settlement “in the Arab region overtime. Chapter one provides a historical overview of the... Arabic (3.54 MB) English (2.08 MB)
	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... Arabic (3 MB) English (3.12 MB)
	ESCWA Annual Report 2018 E/ESCWA/OES/2019/1 The 2018 Annual Report provides an overview of key efforts by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) to support global, regional and national efforts towards a more stable... Arabic (23.39 MB) English (7.9 MB)
	UN World Water Development Report 2020 - Water and Climate Change Arab Region Regional Webinar UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science for the Arab States, in coordination with UNESCO Field Offices in...
	Estimating the Cost of Child Marriage in the Arab Region: Background Paper on the Feasibility of Undertaking a Costing Study E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2020/TP.2 Child marriage is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence (GBV) that results in numerous adverse outcomes for a child’s development. In the past 25 years, the Arab region... Arabic (1.72 MB) English (1.52 MB)
	Sharing Responsibilities for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region: Fostering Resilient Partnerships among Development Stakeholders E/ESCWA/SDD/2016/Pamphlet.1 The present pamphlet primarily addresses the progressive and distinctive role played by civil society in development processes, political transitions and participatory policymaking, particularly... Arabic (268.26 KB) English (268.26 KB)
	Operationalizing intersectionality in the Arab region: Challenges and ways forward E/ESCWA/ECW/2019/TP.5 The present paper focuses on intersectionality as an analytical approach and calls for a multidimensional understanding of gender in the Arab region, positing that this produces a more... Arabic (1.98 MB) English (1.92 MB)
	Advancing the Implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in Arab Countries E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/INF.8 This policy brief provides an overview of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and its linkages to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. It highlights MIPAA’s... Arabic (754.36 KB) English (754.36 KB)