What is driving inequality in the Arab region?
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Policy briefs | E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2024/Policy Brief.7 | September 2024
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- Agenda 2030
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
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- Goal 4: Quality Education
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 14: Life Below Water
- Goal 15: Life On Land
- Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
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- Women’s economic empowerment
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- Addressing multidimensional poverty
- Reducing inequalities
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- Supporting Least Developed Countries
- Transport statistics
- Water & energy nexus
- Water Resources Management Tools
- Yemen Vision for Recovery and Development
- Young people
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Keywords
- ARAB COUNTRIES
- GENDER EQUALITY
- WOMEN
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- GENDER
- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS
- GENDER MAINSTREAMING
- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- GIRLS
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- COVID-19
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- POVERTY
- JUSTICE
- STATISTICAL DATA
- EMPLOYMENT
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- DEVELOPMENT
- EQUALITY
- PEACE
- WOMEN'S STATUS
- ACTIVITIES
- EMPOWERMENT
- GOVERNANCE
- WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
- LABOUR MARKET
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- ARMED CONFLICTS
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- CONFLICT
- EDUCATION
- FOOD SECURITY
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
- CASE STUDIES
- COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- LEBANON
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- CHILDREN
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS
- HOUSEHOLDS
- JORDAN
- LEGAL ASPECTS
- POVERTY MITIGATION
- WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- YOUTH
- CAPACITY BUILDING
- EARLY MARRIAGE
- INNOVATIONS
- LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- NATURAL RESOURCES
- PALESTINE
- PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- SOCIAL POLICY
- WOMEN'S HEALTH
- WOMEN IN POLITICS
- DATA COLLECTION
- DISCRIMINATION
- EMPLOYMENT CREATION
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
- HEALTH
- IRAQ
- MIDDLE EAST
- POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- SOCIAL ASPECTS
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- WATER
- WOMEN'S EDUCATION
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- DEVELOPING AREAS
- EGYPT
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- LABOUR
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- REFUGEES
- TECHNOLOGY
- TRAINING PROGRAMMES
- VIOLENCE
- CITIES
- GENDER STATISTICS
- MOROCCO
- PARTNERSHIP
- POLITICAL LEADERS
- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
- REGIONAL COOPERATION
- RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
- RURAL AREAS
- SANITATION
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- STATISTICS
- TUNISIA
- WOMEN WORKERS
- ENERGY CONSUMPTION
- GLOBALIZATION
- HEALTH SERVICES
- INFORMAL SECTOR
- INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- JUDGES
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- LIVING CONDITIONS
- MILITARY OCCUPATION
- RENEWABLE RESOURCES
- RESEARCH
- RESILIENCE
- RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS
- RIGHT TO EDUCATION
- RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
- WATER RESOURCES
- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
- CORRUPTION
- DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
- DECENT WORK
- DECISION-MAKING
- DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
- DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
- DEVELOPMENT POLICY
- DISPLACED PERSONS
- ECONOMIC CRISIS
- ENERGY RESOURCES
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- FAMILY
- FERTILITY
- FERTILITY RATE
- FINANCE
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- GUIDELINES
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
- HUNGER
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
- LAND RIGHTS
- MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
- MIGRATION
- NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- OPEN SPACES
- PEACEBUILDING
- POLITICAL ASPECTS
- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
- PRODUCTIVITY
- PROTEST MOVEMENTS
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- SANITATION SERVICES
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- Social protection
- SOCIAL WELFARE
- STATE OF PALESTINE
- TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- URBANIZATION
- WASTE MANAGEMENT
- WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
- WORK AT HOME
- YEMEN
- AGEING PERSONS
- AGRICULTURE
- ALGERIA
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- BAHRAIN
- BASIC NEEDS
- BASIC SERVICES
- CHILD ABUSE
- CHILD CARE
- CIVIL WAR
- CLIMATE
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- COST ANALYSIS
- COSTS
- CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- DEMOCRACY
- DEMOCRATIZATION
- DESERTIFICATION
- DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
- DOMESTIC WORKERS
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- ECONOMIC TRENDS
- EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS
- EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- ENERGY POLICY
- ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
- FEMINISM
- FINANCING
- FORCED MARRIAGE
- FOREIGN TRADE
- Gender and Renewable Energy
- HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
- HEALTH CONDITIONS
- HEALTH POLICY
- HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
- HUMAN SECURITY
- HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- INDUSTRY
- INSTITUTION BUILDING
- ISLAMIC LAW
- KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
- LABOUR LAW
- LABOUR MOBILITY
- LAND
- LEADERSHIP
- LIBYA
- MACROECONOMICS
- MANUALS
- MARRIAGE STATISTICS
- MASS MEDIA
- MEDICAL ASPECTS
- MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
- MIGRANT WORKERS
- MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- MUSLIM WOMEN
- NATIONALITY
- PALESTINIANS
- PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- POLICY MAKING
- POPULATION
- POPULATION GROWTH
- PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
- PROGRAMME PLANNING
- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- QATAR
- QUALITY OF LIFE
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- RURAL POPULATION
- RURAL POVERTY
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
- SOCIAL STATUS
- SOLIDARITY
- SOMALIA
- SUDAN
- SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- SURVEYS
- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
- SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- TAXATION
- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
- WAGE POLICY
- WATER MANAGEMENT
- WATER POLICY
- WEALTH
- WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- WOMEN REFUGEES
- WORKFORCE
- WORK PROGRAMME
- ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS
- ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
- ADOLESCENTS
- ADULT EDUCATION
- ADVISORY SERVICES
- AFRICA
- AGRICULTURAL WASTES
- AIR POLLUTION
- AIR QUALITY
- ASSIMILATION
- ASYLUM SEEKERS
- BANK LOANS
- BASELINES
- BIG DATA
- BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
- BIOMASS
- BOYS
- BROADBAND
- BUDGET
- CARE ECONOMY
- CAREGIVERS
- CARE OF AGEING PERSONS
- CHILD HEALTH
- CHILD MORTALITY
- CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
- CIVIL SERVICE
- CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
- COASTAL AREAS
- COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS
- COMPETITION
- CONFERENCES
- CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE
- COPYRIGHT
- COUNSELLING
- COUNTRY PROGRAMMES
- CROATIA
- CULTURAL ASPECTS
- CULTURE
- CURRENCY INSTABILITY
- DANGEROUS GOODS
- DATA ANALYSIS
- DECLARATIONS
- DEMOGRAPHY
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
- DIRECTORIES
- DISABILITY
- DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
- DJIBOUTI
- DRINKING WATER
- DROUGHT CONTROL
- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
- ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
- ECONOMIC PLANNING
- ECONOMICS
- ECONOMIC SECURITY
- ECONOMIC SURVEYS
- ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION
- EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
- EDUCATIONAL POLICY
- EDUCATIONAL REFORM
- EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
- ENERGY CONSERVATION
- ENERGY SERVICES
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
- EQUAL PAY
- EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
- EQUITY
- EVALUATION
- EXERCISE
- EXTENDED FAMILY
- FACTOR ANALYSIS
- FAMILY WELFARE
- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
- FINANCIAL POLICY
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FISHING
- FLEXIBLE HOURS OF WORK
- FOOD POLICY
- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
- FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
- FORESTS
- FRESHWATER
- GENDER ROLES
- GLOBAL WARMING
- GREEN ECONOMY
- GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
- GULF STATES
- HANDICRAFTS
- HEALTH INDICATORS
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- HOURS OF WORK
- HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
- HOUSING
- HOUSING CONDITIONS
- HOUSING NEEDS
- HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- INCENTIVES
- INCOME POLICY
- INDUSTRIALIZATION
- INFANT MORTALITY
- INFORMATION SERVICES
- INFORMATION SOCIETY
- INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
- INSTITUTIONAL MACHINERY
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SITUATION
- INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
- JOB VACANCIES
- LABOUR ADMINISTRATION
- LAND-BASED RESOURCES
- LAND DEGRADATION
- LANGUAGES
- LARGE ENTERPRISES
- LAW
- LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- LEBANON SITUATION
- LEGAL SERVICES
- LITERACY
- LOANS
- LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- MARINE POLLUTION
- MARINE RESOURCES CONSERVATION
- MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
- MATERNAL MORTALITY
- MATERNAL WELFARE
- MAURITANIA
- MICROCREDIT
- MONEY SUPPLY
- MORTALITY
- MULTIDIMENTIONAL POVERTY INDEX
- NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
- NATIONAL INCOME
- NATIONAL SECURITY
- NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- NORTH AFRICA
- NUTRITION POLICY
- OMAN
- PARENTS
- PARKS
- PATENTS
- PEACEMAKING
- PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
- PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- PETROLEUM
- PLURALISM
- POLITICAL VIOLENCE
- POPULAR PARTICIPATION
- POPULATION DYNAMICS
- POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
- PRIMARY EDUCATION
- PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
- PROGRAMME BUDGETING
- PROGRAMMES OF ACTION
- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- PUBLIC SERVICES
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT
- PUBLIC WELFARE
- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
- QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA
- QUESTIONNAIRES
- RADICALISM
- RAPE VICTIMS
- REAL PROPERTY
- RECONSTRUCTION
- REFORMATORIES
- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- REGIONAL PLANNING
- REGIONAL PLANS
- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- RESOURCES ALLOCATION
- REVOLUTIONS
- RIGHT TO FOOD
- RIGHT TO HEALTH
- RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY
- RIGHT TO WORK
- RISK
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- ROAD MAPS
- RULE OF LAW
- RURAL DEPOPULATION
- RURAL WOMEN
- SCIENTISTS
- SECONDARY EDUCATION
- SEGREGATION
- SEX DIFFERENTIALS
- SKILLED WORKERS
- SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- SOCIAL INDICATORS
- SOCIAL SURVEYS
- SOCIAL WORK
- SPECIAL EDUCATION
- STAFFING
- STANDARD OF LIVING
- STATES
- STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
- SUPPORT SERVICES
- SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- TELEVISION
- TERMS OF REFERENCE
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- TIME USE STATISTICS
- TOURISM
- TRANSPORT PLANNING
- TREATIES
- UNITED KINGDOM
- UNPAID WORK
- URBAN AREAS
- URBAN PLANNING
- URBAN POPULATION
- URBAN TRAFFIC
- VIRUSES
- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
- WAR
- WATER QUALITY
- WELFARE ECONOMICS
- WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
- WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
- WORKING CONDITIONS
- WORK LIFE BALANCE
- WORK ORGANIZATION
- YEMEN SITUATION
- YOUNG WOMEN
- YOUTH POLICY
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