Population and Development
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Population and Development Report, Issue No.4. Youth in the ESCWA Region: Situation Analysis and Implications for Development Policies E/ESCWA/SDD/2009/6 The youth group in the ESCWA region faces numerous challenges, including poor quality of education, incompatibility of education system outputs with the labour market, high unemployment rates,... |
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Population and Development Report, Issue No. 5, Youth Exclusion in the ESCWA Region: Demographic, Economic, Educational and Cultural Factors E/ESCWA/SDD/2011/2
Millions of young people in Arab countries suffer exclusion in many areas. The aspects of this exclusion include rising unemployment, low qualifications, exacerbated illiteracy and the decline of... |
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Population and Development Report Issue No. 8: Prospects of Ageing with Dignity in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2017/3 The number and share of older persons in the Arab region are steadily growing and will increase substantially in the following decades. The advent of this ageing transition, which most Arab... |
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Population and Development Report, Third Issue, International Migration and Development in the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities E/ESCWA/SDD/2007/2 In an increasingly globalized world, international migration is an expanding and multifaceted phenomenon. In order to understand the origins and effects of migration, the specific contexts in... |
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Population and Development Report. The Demographic Window: An Opportunity for Developement in the Arab Countries, Second Issue E/ESCWA/SDD/2005/5 Based on modern theories analysing the impact of demography on development, the Population and Development Report is aimed at enhancing the understanding of the relation between those two factors... |
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Report of the Sixth Task Force Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/SD/2009/18  Arabic (167.2 KB) English (545.42 KB) |
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Labour Markets and Labour Market Policy in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2011/WG.4/Report Arabic (341.28 KB) English (91.12 KB) |
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Enhancing Civil Society Participation in Public Policy Processes E/ESCWA/SDD/2010/Technical Paper.1 . Arabic (439.18 KB) English (414.55 KB) |
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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... |
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Reinforcing Social Equity: Mainstreaming Ageing Issues in the Process of Development Planning in the ESCWA Region, Social Policy Brief, No. 4 E/ESCWA/SDD/2011/Technical Paper.2 This brief was issued in 2012, on the occasion of the second review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). It emphasizes the need to integrate ageing issues... |
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Unemployment of Young Women in the Arab Region: Causes and Interventions, Social Policy Brief, No. 8 E/ESCWA/SDD/2015/Brief.8 This policy brief unveils the underlying causes and consequences of young women’s unemployment in the region and warns that the inability of young women to reach into the labour market, would... |
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Arab Region holds its First Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Beirut-Cairo, 24 February 2021--The first Regional Review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the Arab region started today. The two-day... |
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Arab Regional Conference on Population and Development opens in Beirut Beirut, 30 October 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)--- The Arab Regional... |
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Migration and the post-2015 development agenda - Policy brief 19 E/ESCWA/SDD/2013/Technical Paper.11 This policy brief summarizes the record on references to migration in development agendas pursued by the United Nations, before going on to examine how the various processes and actors involved in... |
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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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IOM and ESCWA launch the third edition of the Situation Report on International Migration in the Arab Region Cairo, Egypt, 4 December 2019 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa and the United Nations Economic and... |
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ESCWA Country Profiles, 2011 E/ESCWA/SD/2012/Technical Paper.1 This publication outlines the main social and economic indicators of ESCWA’s member countries. It was jointly prepared by the Statistics Division and the Office of the Executive Secretary. The... |
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ESCWA Country Profiles, 2009 E/ESCWA/SD/2010/Technical Paper.2 This publication outlines the main social and economic indicators of ESCWA’s member countries. It was jointly prepared by the Statistics Division and the Office of the Executive Secretary. The... |
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Demographic Profile of the Arab Region: Realizing the Demographic Dividend E/ESCWA/SDD/2016/Technical Paper.3 The paper provides a detailed overview of population dynamics and trends in the Arab region. Furthermore, it explains the concept of demographic dividend and timing of the window of opportunity.... |
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