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Population and Development Report, Issue No.3

International Migration and Development in the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: January 2008, PDF: December 2007 )

The Report considers the trends and patterns of Arab migration; addresses international migration and its relevance to development in Arab countries by discussing the relationship between...

The Report considers the trends and patterns of Arab migration; addresses international migration and its relevance to development in Arab countries by discussing the relationship between...


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Population and Development Report, Issue No.4

Youth in the ESCWA Region - Situation Analysis and Implications for Development Policies

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: March 2011, PDF: December 2010 )

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...


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Population and Development Report, Issue No.5

Youth Exclusion in the ESCWA Region: Demographic, Economic, Educational and Cultural Factors

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: July 2013, PDF: December 2012 )

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...


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Population and Development Report, Issue No.6

Development Policy Implications of Age-Structural Transitions in Arab Countries

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: September 2014, PDF: September 2014 )

This report shows that the Arab countries are currently undergoing profound age-structural transitions which will have significant implications for their development. It argues that countries can best...

This report shows that the Arab countries are currently undergoing profound age-structural transitions which will have significant implications for their development. It argues that countries can best...


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Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings in the Arab Region

Dynamics, Challenges and Policy Options

( Print: October 2016, PDF: October 2016 )

This study tackles the issue of female child marriage in the Arab region, particularly in conflict and humanitarian settings. It explores the causes of this problem, with a distinction between such...

This study tackles the issue of female child marriage in the Arab region, particularly in conflict and humanitarian settings. It explores the causes of this problem, with a distinction between such...


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Assessing Arab Economic Integration Report

Towards the Arab Customs Union

( Print: May 2016, PDF: March 2016 )

The goal of this first edition of the Assessing Arab Economic Integration Report is to provide a quantitative assessment of regional economic integration efforts, and generate practical and...

The goal of this first edition of the Assessing Arab Economic Integration Report is to provide a quantitative assessment of regional economic integration efforts, and generate practical and...


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Arab Integration

A 21st Century Development Imperative

( Print: September 2014, PDF: September 2014 )

This report aims to revive the project of Arab integration conferring new dimensions to the concept of integration to include all aspects of the social structure or the elements of human civilization...

This report aims to revive the project of Arab integration conferring new dimensions to the concept of integration to include all aspects of the social structure or the elements of human civilization...


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Syria at War

Five Years On

( Print: February 2017, PDF: January 2017 )

This report focuses on socioeconomic ramifications of the conflict in Syria five years on; it examines the European Union’s humanitarian cooperation with Syria and region, the flow of refugees and...

This report focuses on socioeconomic ramifications of the conflict in Syria five years on; it examines the European Union’s humanitarian cooperation with Syria and region, the flow of refugees and...


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Bulletin of Industrial Statistics for Arab Countries - Ninth Issue

Series: Bulletin of Industrial Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: April 2017, PDF: April 2017 )

This publication provides detailed industrial data on Arab countries for users of this type of statistics, such as policymakers, analysts and researchers. It includes time series and indicators for...

This publication provides detailed industrial data on Arab countries for users of this type of statistics, such as policymakers, analysts and researchers. It includes time series and indicators for...


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Countering Economic Dependence and De-development in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Countering Economic Dependence and De-development in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

( PDF: March 2023 )

This report proposes a rights-based policy framework as a path towards countering the de-development of the Palestinian economy and its dependence on Israel. The policy framework proposed in this...

This report proposes a rights-based policy framework as a path towards countering the de-development of the Palestinian economy and its dependence on Israel. The policy framework proposed in this...


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African Security Governance

Emerging Issues

( Print: April 2010, PDF: December 2009 )

Africa faces a seemingly ever-increasing range of security challenges. This book is a result of research carried out over a number of years by the Southern African Defense and Security Management...

Africa faces a seemingly ever-increasing range of security challenges. This book is a result of research carried out over a number of years by the Southern African Defense and Security Management...


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The Dark Side of Globalization

( Print: February 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Globalization has brought many benefits, including the reduction of poverty in several countries. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time...

Globalization has brought many benefits, including the reduction of poverty in several countries. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time...


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Cross-Border Governance in Asia

Regional Issues and Mechanisms

( Print: March 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Rapid globalization has led to increased flows of capital, services, ideas, information and people between countries. Problems that face one nation often have a rippling impact throughout the region...

Rapid globalization has led to increased flows of capital, services, ideas, information and people between countries. Problems that face one nation often have a rippling impact throughout the region...


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Sustainability Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach

A Multidisciplinary Approach

( Print: June 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Sustainability science is an academic discipline that emerged in response to threats to the sustainability of the global environment. Its purpose is to help build a sustainable society by developing...

Sustainability science is an academic discipline that emerged in response to threats to the sustainability of the global environment. Its purpose is to help build a sustainable society by developing...


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Blood and Borders

The Responsibility to Protect and the Problem of the Kin-State

( Print: July 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic...

Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic...


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Fixing Haiti

MINUSTAH and Beyond

( Print: July 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

References to the land of the black Jacobins are almost always followed by the phrase the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere”. To that distinction, on 12 January 2010, Haiti added another, when...

References to the land of the black Jacobins are almost always followed by the phrase the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere”. To that distinction, on 12 January 2010, Haiti added another, when...


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Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politicization of Human Rights

( Print: July 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

This publicaton explores violence, conflict and peace. It focuses on the non-governmental component in ethno-political conflicts. Civil society actors, or conflict society organizations (CoSOs), are...

This publicaton explores violence, conflict and peace. It focuses on the non-governmental component in ethno-political conflicts. Civil society actors, or conflict society organizations (CoSOs), are...


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The People vs. The State

Reflections on UN Authority, US Power and the Responsibility to Protect

( Print: October 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Responsibility to Protect (R2P) aims to convert international conscience into timely and decisive collective action to rescue vulnerable communities. The choice is not whether international...

Responsibility to Protect (R2P) aims to convert international conscience into timely and decisive collective action to rescue vulnerable communities. The choice is not whether international...


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Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2007

Series: Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries
( Print: March 2009, PDF: December 2007 )

This sixth edition of the Annual Review addresses comprehensively the significant developments in globalization and regional integration in the Arab countries. It covers the progress made by Arab...

This sixth edition of the Annual Review addresses comprehensively the significant developments in globalization and regional integration in the Arab countries. It covers the progress made by Arab...


Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Report of the Twenty-ninth Session (13-15 December 2016)

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Biennial Report
( Print: June 2018 )

The present report sets out the proceedings of the twenty-ninth session of the Commission, which consisted of eight plenary meetings: four senior officials meetings and four closed meetings, as well...

The present report sets out the proceedings of the twenty-ninth session of the Commission, which consisted of eight plenary meetings: four senior officials meetings and four closed meetings, as well...