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Protracted Conflict and Development in the Arab Region: Trends and Impacts in Conflict Settings, Issue No. 4 Protracted Conflict and Development in the Arab Region: Trends and Impacts in Conflict Settings, Issue No. 4

E/ESCWA/ECRI/2015/2



The Arab region is presently beset by armed civil conflict, one of the most profoundly devastating social phenomena in the modern world. This study examines the relationships between...

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Review of Progress Made by Yemen in the Implementation of the New Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Period 2003-2007

E/ESCWA/GRID/2007/6

This study reviews and evaluates the progress made by Yemen in implementing the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries. It also reviews the macroeconomic policies adopted by the...

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With regional and international support: ESCWA & the Saudi Program Push for a Unified Development Vision for Arab LDCs in the 2021-2030 Decade



The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), with support from Saudi Arabia, held today a regional meeting, the first of its...

ESCWA and SDRPY meet with the Government of Yemen to support development in the country



Beirut-Riyadh, 4 February 2021--The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Saudi Development and...

Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen & ESCWA sign an agreement to support development plans in Yemen



Beirut-Riyadh, 30 November 2020--Yemen has been struggling for decades with multiple challenges, including a fragile infrastructure, and high rates of poverty and food insecurity...

United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region: recovery is an opportunity to build back better





United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region:
recovery is an opportunity to build back better

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Advanced Workshop on Deploying Institutional Gaps Assessment Methodology in Yemen: Training of Trainers



The workshop is a training of trainers for senior Yemeni civil servants working in human resources management and planning. The workshop is dedicated to apply the institutional gaps...

Arab Regional Challenges Associated with Conflict and the 2030 Development Agenda



The EGM will be dedicated to address existing conflict dynamics in the Arab region, its spillover effects and the long-term ramifications of conflict on development outcomes, including the...

Implementation of the Istanbul Plan of Action (IPoA): Perspectives from African and Arab LDCs



The objective of the side event is to provide a platform for African and Arab LDCs to brainstorm and craft concrete proposals on an integrated and coherent approach to the implementation...

In the Run towards the 3rd Arab Forum on Sustainable Development and the 2nd UN Environment Assembly



Development is a human right that everyone should benefit from, especially the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Arab region. This includes people living under occupation and conflict...

Istanbul Plan of Action: Arab LDCs and Conflict









Date and venue to be determined
 

Yemen's Reconstruction and Rehabilitation

Challenges of Peace and Reconstruction in Yemen



Closed Session

Arab Least Developed Countries (LDCs)



Least developed countries (LDCs) around the world are characterized by low per capita income, poor social and human development and, frequently,...

Project Design and Formulation: Follow-up Workshop

Project Design and Formulation Workshop: Upgrading Sudan's Livestock Exports

High Level Meeting on the Yemen National Dialogue



The High-level Meeting on the Yemen National Dialogue was held in Beirut, on 11 and 12 June 2014.  The meeting was attended by ministers, deputies, senior officials and activists from Yemen, to...

Technical Committee, 8th meeting



The secretariat of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing the Eighth meeting of the Technical Committee during the period 10-12 December 2013. The...

Training Workshop on Human Rights



All material related to this event are available on its corresponding Arabic page.