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Expert Group Meeting on “Competition legislation and regulation – Challenges and opportunities in the Arab Region”

Expert Group Meeting “Measuring economic governance in the context of national development planning”

Launch of the Arab Development Outlook: Vision 2030 (date and venue tentive)

Launch of the Regional Economic Situation and Prospects Report

Regional Coordination Mechanism 17th Meeting



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Rethinking Fiscal Policy in the Arab Countries



What: Symposium series on economic policies: Rethinking Fiscal Policy in the Arab Countries.
 
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Work underway to enhance national development planning



Beirut, 20 September 2019 (ESCWA)--Today, ESCWA concluded the second...

Socioeconomic Impacts of Macroeconomic Reform Policies in the Arab Region cover Socioeconomic Impacts of Macroeconomic Reform Policies in the Arab Region

E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/TP.1

The technical paper aims to test that hypothesis by evaluating Tunisia and Egypt’s experiences with neoliberal adjustment against the SDGs.

The UNESCWA expert group meeting Towards...

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ESCWA Launches Report on Competition and Regulation in the Arab Region



“Economic Governance series: Competition and Regulation in the Arab Region” is the title of the report launched by ESCWA on 8 December 2015 at the UN House, Beirut.

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ESCWA to launch Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region 2017-2018



ESCWA to launch Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region 2017-2018
 
Beirut, Lebanon, 17 December 2018...
ESCWA: $50 billion more required for middle- and low-income Arab countries to recover from COVID-19



Beirut, 3 July 2020--Fiscal stimulus packages announced by Arab Governments, amounting to about $102 billion, are not sufficient for recovery from...

ESCWA: Lebanon’s formal private sector sales down by 45% and a quarter of the workforce laid off



Beirut, 2 February 2021--Since 2019, the Lebanese economy is in free fall, a dramatic situation which was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s Beirut...

Arab Business Environment Legislative Framework





Within the framework of ESCWA’s Development Account (DA) project “Towards the Arab Horizon 2030: Enhancing Integrated National Development Planning in the Arab...
Libya Socioeconomic Dialogue Project technical meeting: Peer review of the three Baseline Studies' final drafts: Economic, Social and Governance



The Libya Socioeconomic Dialogue Project is managed and implemented by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), thanks to a partial funding by the German...

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...

Illicit Financial Flows Hamper Sustainable Development Financing



ESCWA held on 8 and 9 May 2017 at the UN House in Beirut an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to conjure a common scope, definition, working parameters and methodology to qualify and quantify Illicit...

Progress Made in the Doha Round Negotiations in Agriculture and the Impact on Market Access for the Agricultural Exports of Arab Countries

E/ESCWA/GRID/2005/3

With the exception of the countries of the Gulf subregion, the agricultural sector and agricultural exports are vital to Arab countries. This study reviews and analyses recent developments in the...

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Economic Governance and Planning





Good economic governance is a cornerstone for inclusive development. Accountability not only reduces opportunities for corruption in the public...
Competition as a Means for Private Sector Development





This high-level conference aims at...
Competition and Regulation in the Arab Region, Economic Governance Series 2015

E/ESCWA/EDID/2015/5

Competition policy and regulation are essential components of economic systems at the national, regional and global levels. In Arab countries, however, heavily concentrated and inefficient...

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