Economic Development and Integration
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Central Bank Independence and its Effect on Inflation Performance in the ESCWA Countries E/ESCWA/EDGD/2011/WP.2 The main objectives of this paper are to measure the central bank independence in the ESCWA countries and to explore its effects on the inflation performance. In section two, the paper reviews... |
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Review of Road Safety in Selected Countries of the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/GRID/2007/13 This study reviews a number of road safety issues in four ESCWA member countries, namely, Egypt, Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen. The first part presents the various legislation concerning... |
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Fiscal Policy Review of Arab States 2019 E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/WP.20 This fiscal review is first in the series following the ESCWA 2017 flagship report “Rethinking Fiscal Policy for the Arab Region”. A major focus of this fiscal policy review 2019 is to create a... |
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Review of Productivity and Sustainable Development in the ESCWA Region, Second Issue E/ESCWA/SDPD/2011/6 The concept of “Sustainable Development” was adopted during “The Earth Summit” in Rio, in 1992, and The UN “Commission on Sustainable Development” (CSD) was established to review progress achieved... |
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Road Traffic Safety in Selected ESCWA Member Countries E/ESCWA/GRID/2005/6 Road traffic accidents constitute a major burden to all countries due to the high toll they exert on human lives and property. Efforts to redress this problem have been made by a number of... |
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Review of Sustainable Development and Productivity, Issue No. 4 E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/14 ESCWA has particular expertise in terms of implementing and following up on activities targeting sustainable development in the region. Within that context, the Review presents work achieved by... |
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Strategies for Development in Conflict-Affected Countries in the ESCWA region: The Role of the State and private Sector E/ESCWA/ECRI/2009/Technical Paper.3 This study recognizes the important role of the State as an engine of growth in achieving development goals, including its fundamental role in the development of the private sector. This is... |
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E-Government Strategies in Arab Countries: Current Status and Development Prospects E/ESCWA/ICTD/2013/Technical Paper.4 This document presents the reality of e-government strategies in the Arab countries and the adopted applications and prospects for their development. It also studies the projects undertaken in e... |
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The Arab Region’s response to COVID-19 and the way forward for health and well-being  |
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Expert Group Meeting on Multidimensional Poverty in Arab Countries |
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ESCWA Experts Group Meeting "Unlocking Infrastructure Investments and Mobilizing Financial Resources in the Arab region" |
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High Level Expert Group Meeting on the Preparation of the Arab Countries for the 7Th WTO Ministerial Conference
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, the Arab NGO Network for Development and the Ministry of Economy and Trade in the Lebanese Republic, are organizing a "High Level... |
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Expert Group Meeting on the Role of ICT in Socio-Economic Development In an increasingly connected world, ICTs are playing a major role in enabling change. Globalization has altered the landscape... |
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Stakeholders Meeting on Policy Gap Analysis The Expert Group Meeting aims to get the NAFS Syrian and international Programme’s experts and partners involvements in the on-going... |
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Networking Research, Development and Innovation in Arab Countries E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/2 Innovation is central to the development of successful economies. This study is intended to encourage research, development and innovation (RDI) networking in Arab countries. RDI networks that are... |
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ESCWA Opens Ministerial Segment of 29th Session ESCWA 29th Session opened this afternoon at the ministerial level, in Doha, Qatar, with speeches highlighting the need to work for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development... |
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Rethinking Fiscal Policy for the Arab Region E/ESCWA/EDID/2017/4 Amid low oil prices and rising debts, the Arab region faces a challenging economic outlook. At the same time, development priorities related to decent work, poverty and social justice are more... |
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Revisiting socio-economic policies to address poverty in all its dimensions in middle income countries UNDESA in collaboration with ESCWA and ECLAC is organizing an inter-regional workshop on “Revisiting socio-economic policies to address poverty in all its... |
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Rethinking Cooperative Enterprises in Post-Conflict Agriculture and Integrated Rural development in Syria The aim of the meeting is to understand the contribution of agriculture cooperatives to improved resilience, food security and social cohesion in Syria and to strategize how cooperative... |
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Rethinking Inequality in Arab Countries E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/2 The Rethinking Inequality in Arab States report fills knowledge gaps about inequality in the Arab region, using a multidimensional approach that focuses on non-income dimensions: Health,... |
