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The data in this Bulletin were derived from national sources and specialized agencies. The Bulletin presents statistics for 19 Arab countries on gross domestic product (GDP), industrial statistics...

On the basis of the international definitions and concepts of industrial statistics, this issue presents the industrial situation in Arab countries through a set of main indicators relating to...

The 2017 Commodities and Development Report investigates the transmission channels through which commodity dependence affects micro- and macro-level development outcomes, examines long-term commodity...

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...

Smallholder farmers constitute the largest contingent of the poor and yet they produce more than 80 per cent of the world's food, in value terms. Though there are marked differences by country and...

The Commodities and Development Report 2012, released during the 13th session of UNCTAD, shows that developing countries suffer from high prices for commodities and food, in particular Least Developed...

This report highlights pathways to economic diversification in commodity-dependent developing countries in an environment where decarbonization of the global economy has become the overarching...

Commodity dependence is a trap: once a country is commodity dependent, it is difficult to develop a productive sector out of commodities and export non-commodity products. This publication argues that...

This report explores key aspects of the two-way relationship between commodities and climate change, discusses the concept of natural resource conversion and explores its application to renewable and...

This publication provides detailed industrial data from Arab countries for the period 2008- 2019. Part I includes summary tables on the overall industrial trends including the levels of output...

The Bulletin aims to provide detailed industrial data on Arab countries for the users of such statistics, including policymakers, analysts and researchers, in order to assist them in meeting their...

This publication provides detailed industrial data of Arab countries for policy-makers, analysts and researchers. It includes time series of data and indicators for the period 2004- 2010. The Bulletin...

This publication provides detailed industrial data of Arab countries for policy-makers, analysts and researchers. It includes time series of data and indicators for the period 2006- 2012. The Bulletin...

The challenge of working in situations of actual or unresolved conflict is not new, but it has a greater impetus and commands more attention today than in the past. This publication aptly addresses...

The success of disaster mitigation as well as disaster relief operations depends on teamwork and teamwork depends on communication. The areas of coverage in this publication include: the unrestricted...

The world community has come to realise that the clearance of land mines is essential. This publication addresses such areas as: education as an important link in clearance continuum, new technologies...

The number of humanitarian disasters vying for the world's attention has increased steadily in the last decade. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 shared many elements with more recent emergencies...

In the past decades, natural and human systems have grown greatly intertwined and the distinction between 'acts of Man' and 'acts of Nature' has become increasingly blurred. This publication discusses...

The linkage between disasters and development is well recognized, as is our growing ability to counter the threat. This publication offers an understanding of the devastating impacts of disasters and...