ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/OES/2010/1
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Flagship publications
Publication Subject: ESCWA Annual Report
Cluster: Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability, Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development, Shared Economic Prosperity, Statistics, Information Society and Technology, 2030 Agenda and SDG Coordination, Governance and Conflict Prevention
Focus Area: 2030 Agenda, Financing for development, Gender equality, Inclusive development, Natural resource sustainability, Resilient development & conflict prevention, Statistics, Technology & innovation
Initiatives: Sustainable urban development
SDGs: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Keywords: Activities, Administrative procedure, Arab countries, Development planning, Economic development, Globalization, Information society, Productivity, Regional commissions, Serial publications, Social development, Social policy, Sustainable development, Women's advancement, Energy resources, Statistics, Activities
ESCWA Annual Report, 2009
January 2010
In 2009, which marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of ESCWA, the Commission has further intensified its efforts towards the achievement of regional economic and social integration, as well as greater interaction between the region and the rest of the world. In response to global challenges and events of recent years, ESCWA continued to serve the region through its programme of work which comprises seven subprogrammes: integrated management of natural resources for sustainable development; integrated social policies; economic development and integration; information and communications technology for regional integration; statistics for evidence-based policymaking; advancement of women; and conflict mitigation and development. Using a results-based approach, the Annual Report 2009 reviews the accomplishments achieved by ESCWA in those areas. It also offers an overview of the challenges and opportunities, namely economic trends and perspectives; renewable energy; impact of man-made disasters on development; information society; quality and availability of data on the Millennium Development Goals; economic empowerment of women; and information and communications technology. The Report concludes with a perspective of the way ahead and its imminent challenges with a stress on the commitment of ESCWA to work with member countries towards the attainment of the development goals.
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In 2009, which marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of ESCWA, the Commission has further intensified its efforts towards the achievement of regional economic and social integration, as well as greater interaction between the region and the rest of the world. In response to global challenges and events of recent years, ESCWA continued to serve the region through its programme of work which comprises seven subprogrammes: integrated management of natural resources for sustainable development; integrated social policies; economic development and integration; information and communications technology for regional integration; statistics for evidence-based policymaking; advancement of women; and conflict mitigation and development. Using a results-based approach, the Annual Report 2009 reviews the accomplishments achieved by ESCWA in those areas. It also offers an overview of the challenges and opportunities, namely economic trends and perspectives; renewable energy; impact of man-made disasters on development; information society; quality and availability of data on the Millennium Development Goals; economic empowerment of women; and information and communications technology. The Report concludes with a perspective of the way ahead and its imminent challenges with a stress on the commitment of ESCWA to work with member countries towards the attainment of the development goals.
