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Executive summary The Arab region witnesses one of the highest rates of water scarcity globally and a very critical freshwater situation. More than 200 million people live under conditions of water...

Executive summary Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, social protection systems in the Arab region were weak, fragmented, not inclusive and non-transparent. They were also costly and unsustainable...

From 10 to 21 May 2021, the Gaza Strip endured intensive Israeli military attacks that resulted in the deaths of 260 Palestinians, including 66 children and 41 women. At the peak of the offensive,...

February 2022 This technical paper was developed within the framework of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Sustainable Urban Development, particularly on...

ESCWA: 2 Arab currencies lost more than 80% of their purchasing power between 2019 and 2021 Beirut, 2 February 2022--The local currencies of the Sudan and Lebanon lost about 87% and 82% of their...

ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL6.GCP/2020/1 Introduction Least developed countries (LDCs) are highly representative of the most vulnerable and marginalized countries in the world. LDCs are...

Introduction The deteriorating economic activity and domestic political instability witnessed in Lebanon since 2019 have increased pressure on the fixed exchange rate, and caused a devaluation of the...

As the COVID-19 crisis enters its second year, the United Nations (UN) in Jordan continues to respond to its impacts as outlined in the UN Socio-Economic Framework issued in July 2020. This update...

ESCWA proposes a unifying vision for Libya to avert relapse into conflict Beirut, 2 October 2021-- As part of efforts to promote sustainable peace in Libya and prevent the country’s relapse into...

The present report reviews the situation of Palestinian women and girls during the period July 2018 – June 2020, focusing on political, social, economic and human rights developments. Building on...

The policy brief discusses the potential role that could be played by religious leaders in promoting the four pillars of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and the Women, Peace and...

This study examines the multidimensional facets of poverty in Lebanon, for the period of 2019-2021. From a multidimensional poverty perspective, a household can be classified as poor if it is...

The present technical paper provides an overview of targeted social protection programmes in selected Arab countries and discusses recent reforms these programmes have been undergoing, focusing on...

Libya has been in continuous and devastating conflict with fluctuating intensity since the fall of the former regime after the popular uprisings in 2011. The present report assesses the situation in...

UN regional commissions launch policy brief on transforming food systems 23 September, 2021 New York, 23 September 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the world’s fragilities, including the...

Executive Summary Ensuring food security for all is an ambitious and complex endeavour that requires considering its four dimensions: food availability, access, utilization and stability. These were...

ESCWA warns: Three-quarters of Lebanon’s residents plunge into poverty Beirut, 3 September 2021-- Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year, now affecting about 74% of the total...

This paper proposes a domestic conflict index that can be used by policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to assess a given country’s level of internal conflict. The index can be used to...

E/ESCWA/CL3.SEP/2021/TP.7 Introduction Studying inequality and poverty in the Arab region is a challenging task. As pointed out in Atamanov and others (2020), the Arab region has insufficient...

1. Introduction and Objectives The outbreak of devastating conflicts around the Arab world in the aftermath of the Arab Spring has been a great concern for all political actors and international...