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Report on the Electronic Fora as part of the Portal “Towards an Inclusive Participatory Development in the ESCWA region”

E/ESCWA/SDD/2010/Technical Paper.10

The ESCWA launched a portal called “Towards an inclusive Participatory Development in the ESCWA region”, to promote the participation of civil society and the exchange of ideas and experiences and...

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Achieving Social Justice for All, Social Development Bulletin, Vol.3, No. 1 cover Achieving Social Justice for All, Social Development Bulletin, Vol.3, No. 1

E/ESCWA/SDD/2010/Technical Paper.2

This issue of the Social Development Bulletin indicates that the progress made in the economic sphere in recent years was not enough to reduce inequality and social exclusion. To the contrary,...

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Social Development Bulletin: Bringing Equity to the Development Agenda

E/ESCWA/SDD/2006/Technical Paper.4

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Towards Integrated Policies in Arab Countries: Framework and Comparative Analysis

E/ESCWA/SDD/2005/4

In the context of modernization and speeding up economic and social changes, the transition from stable traditional societies to a dynamic modern environment requires adaptation, which translates...

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Arab Middle Class: Measurement and role in driving change Arab Middle Class: Measurement and role in driving change

E/ESCWA/EDGD/2014/2

The Arab middle class is an important social group that is relatively little understood despite the fundamental role it has played in shaping the economic and social development outcomes in the...

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Workshop on the tool for assessing the social justice gaps in policies and programmes and launching the regional report on assessing policies on wages and protection of workers





ESCWA organized a virtual regional workshop to present the tool for assessing the gaps in the compatibility of public policies and programmes with the principles...

National Workshop on the Toolkit for Mainstreaming Social Justice Principles in Development Plans and Policies Processes in Sudan





ESCWA organized a virtual workshop on the Toolkit for mainstreaming social justice principles in development plans and policies processes, in cooperation with...

Webinars on Integrating Social Justice Principles into Public Policies and Programmes



 

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Webinar on Social Justice and Social Protection in the Arab Region





ESCWA is organizing in cooperation with the Center on International cooperation in New York University a series of webinars that aim at cultivating the...

High Level Meeting to Present the Gap Assessment Tool for Mainstreaming Social Justice in Public Policies





ESCWA organized a virtual High-Level Meeting on 22 December 2020 to launch and present a newly developed tool that aims at assessing the extent to which social...

Arab region caught in an inequality trap



Beirut, 16 December 2019 (ESCWA)--The region is caught in an inequality trap, argue the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (...

Social Expenditure Monitor: ESCWA tool to improve budgeting towards increased social justice



Beirut, 6 December 2019 (ESCWA)--ESCWA today discussed how public expenditures can be better targeted to achieve social development...

Arab countries are caught in an inequality trap



By Khalid Abu-Ismail, Paul Makdissi and Oussama Safa

Rethinking Inequality in Arab Countries is a forthcoming report from ESCWA...

12th Session of the ESCWA Committee on Social Development; New report on Social Protection Reform in Arab countries



Beirut, 9 October 2019 (ESCWA)--ESCWA today concluded the...

Committee on Social Development, 12th Session



The Committee on Social Development was established pursuant to Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) resolution...

Leave no one behind; ESCWA and partners discuss combating marginalization in Arab region



Beirut, 14 May 2019 (ESCWA)--Recent studies show that youth unemployment’s rates in the Arab region are twice as high as the global average and 40% of the Arab population is...

Leaving no one behind



How to reach the most marginalized in Egypt, Lebanon, Tunis
Discussions by...
Rethinking inequality in Arab States



Beirut, 20 February 2019 (ESCWA)--Work is underway to issue a report on ‘Rethinking Inequality in Arab States’. Regional and global experts discussed the findings of the report,...

Civil Society Forum concludes with recommendations to Beirut Summit



Beirut, 11 January 2019 (Communication and Information Unit)--A score of recommendations was reached today as the Civil Society (CS) wrapped up its two-day forum at the United...

Civil Society Organizations Forum ahead of the Fourth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit



Civil Society Organizations Forum
Ahead of the Fourth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit
 
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