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Recent developments in the Arab region, which have started to integrate the economic and financial systems of the region’s countries, have also begun to accelerate the flow of payments related to greater trade and greater labor and capital mobility within the region....Read More

The study aimed to raise awareness on the Digital Economy in the Arab region and its contribution to Sustainable Development. Digital Economy is a concept characterizing a situation where pervasive use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in all social...Read More

The energy sector in Lebanon has been suffering since the beginning of the 1990s because of the lack of a clear policy setting goals for the development of the sector. No investments have been made in any power plants since the mid-1990s, leading to a decline in their...Read More

The secretariat of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is pleased to present the twenty-fifth issue of the External Trade Bulletin of the Arab Region. The Bulletin includes data and statistical indicators on the international trade in goods of...Read More

In 2017, the world economy strengthened, and global GDP growth reached 3.0 per cent, up from 2.4 per cent in the preceding year mainly triggered by the performance of developed countries. In the Arab region, there is a slight decline in growth rates from 2.6 per cent...Read More

This report seeks to discover the state of food security in Jordan and identify areas of food insecurity and vulnerability at district level. The report also seeks to identify the living conditions of these households, e.g., their demographic and social characteristics...Read More

This paper contributes to the poverty and inequality literature in the Arab region in five main directions. Firstly, it offers the first region-wide shared prosperity simulations through 2030 in the context of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, with, in particular,...Read More

The Arab Region | 2017 in Review offers a look back at the region’s main social, economic and environmental developments. It highlights selected data based on latest available statistics as of January 2018, whether published by governmental agencies or international...Read More

Syrian refugees in Lebanon are more vulnerable than ever, with more than half now living in extreme poverty and over three quarters living below the poverty line – according to the findings of a new survey by UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP. Seven years into the crisis, Syrian...Read More

The Arab Multidimensional Poverty Report, the first of its kind following the launch of the 2030 Agenda, is the result of three years of collaboration between the League of Arab States’ Council of Arab Ministers for Social Affairs, the Economic and Social Commission...Read More