Population and Development Report Issue No. 9: Building Forward Better for Older Persons in the Arab Region
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Flagship publications | E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2022/1 | June 2022
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Focus areas
- 2030 Agenda
- Climate change
- Debt and fiscal policy
- Financing for development
- Gender equality
- Governance & enabling environment
- Inclusive development
- Future of employment
- Macroeconomics
- Natural resource sustainability
- Population dynamics & migration
- Resilient development & conflict prevention
- Statistics
- Technology & innovation
- Trade & regional connectivity
SDGs
- Agenda 2030
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- 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
Initiatives
- Reducing inequalities
- Addressing multidimensional poverty
- Promoting social justice
- Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities
- Women’s rights and gender mainstreaming
- Arab Digital Inclusion Platform
- International migration
- Women’s economic empowerment
- Gender Justice and the Law
- Reforming social protection systems
- Women, peace and security
- Arab Forum for Sustainable Development
- Monitoring money-metric poverty
- Older persons
- Development challenges
- Governance and institution building
- Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Data
- Public finance and inclusive fiscal policy
- Arab-European Research Network on Disability
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
- Including persons with disabilities in the labour market
- Sustainable urban development
- Arab Internet Governance Forum
- Climate Resilience through Regional Cooperation
- Disability Statistics
- Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- Young people
- Digital Development
- Enhancing resilience and sustainability of agriculture
- Financial & macroeconomic statistics for National accounts
- Gender statistics
- Promoting renewable energy investments
- Advancing environment & energy statistics
- Advancing water and food security
- Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies
- Arab Financing for Development Gateway
- Arab Financing for Development Scorecard
- Artificial Intelligence Budgeting
- Blockchain for international trade
- Civil registration & vital statistics
- COVID-19 Stimulus Tracker
- Enhancing integrated national development planning
- Green Technologies for Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
- Improving competition and protecting consumers
- Integrated national financing frameworks
- Life Cycle
- Partnerships for Agenda 2030
- Population & Housing Censuses
- Promoting food and water security
- REGEND
- Strengthening transboundary risk mitigation
- Supporting Least Developed Countries
- Support to the Palestinian people
- Taxation and domestic public resource mobilization
- Up-scaling energy efficiency in residential & services sectors
- Voluntary reporting on the 2030 Agenda
- Water Resources Management Tools
- Yemen Vision for Recovery and Development
Clusters
Keywords
- ARAB COUNTRIES
- POVERTY
- GENDER EQUALITY
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- COVID-19
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- EMPLOYMENT
- EDUCATION
- STATISTICAL DATA
- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- GOVERNANCE
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- LABOUR MARKET
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- EQUALITY
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- DISABILITY
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- DISPLACED PERSONS
- EGYPT
- LEGAL ASPECTS
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- AGEING PERSONS
- DEVELOPMENT
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- EMPLOYMENT CREATION
- INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
- JORDAN
- LEBANON
- MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- Social protection
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS
- DATA COLLECTION
- GIRLS
- IRAQ
- MOROCCO
- TUNISIA
- YOUTH
- CHILDREN
- CONFLICT
- FOOD SECURITY
- HEALTH
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- MIGRATION
- POPULATION
- POVERTY MITIGATION
- SOCIAL POLICY
- WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
- YEMEN
- AGEING
- ARMED CONFLICTS
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- DISCRIMINATION
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
- HEALTH SERVICES
- HOUSEHOLDS
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- INNOVATIONS
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- PEACE
- POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- RIGHT TO EDUCATION
- STATE OF PALESTINE
- WOMEN
- WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- CAPACITY BUILDING
- CARE OF AGEING PERSONS
- CULTURE
- DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
- EMPOWERMENT
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- MANUALS
- OLD AGE BENEFITS
- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
- POPULATION DYNAMICS
- PRODUCTIVITY
- PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- RESILIENCE
- SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
- STATISTICS
- WAGE POLICY
- WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
- ACCESSIBILITY
- ALGERIA
- CASE STUDIES
- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
- COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
- DATA ANALYSIS
- DATABASES
- DECENT WORK
- DECISION-MAKING
- DEMOGRAPHY
- DISABILITY BENEFITS
- E-GOVERNMENT
- EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS
- FERTILITY RATE
- FINANCE
- FINANCIAL POLICY
- FINANCING
- FORCED MIGRATION
- GENDER MAINSTREAMING
- GENDER STATISTICS
- GUIDELINES
- HEALTH INSURANCE
- HEALTH POLICY
- HOUSING CONDITIONS
- HUNGER
- JUSTICE
- KUWAIT
- LABOUR MOBILITY
- LIBYA
- LIVING CONDITIONS
- NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
- NATURAL RESOURCES
- PARTNERSHIP
- PEACEBUILDING
- PENSIONS
- PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- POLICY MAKING
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
- QUALITY OF LIFE
- RECOVERY
- REFUGEES
- REMITTANCES
- RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
- RESEARCH
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- SOCIAL WELFARE
- SOMALIA
- SUDAN
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- WOMEN'S EDUCATION
- WOMEN'S STATUS
- ACTIVITIES
- BASIC EDUCATION
- BUDGETING
- CITIES
- COMOROS
- CORRUPTION
- DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
- DESERTIFICATION
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPMENT POLICY
- DISABILITY STATISTICS
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- EARLY MARRIAGE
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
- ENERGY CONSUMPTION
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- ENERGY RESOURCES
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- EQUAL PAY
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FOREIGN TRADE
- GREEN ECONOMY
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
- HEALTH PROGRAMMES
- IMMIGRATION
- IMPORTS
- INCOME
- INDUSTRY
- INFLATION
- INFORMAL SECTOR
- INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
- INSTITUTIONAL MACHINERY
- INSTITUTION BUILDING
- KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
- LABOUR
- LAND RIGHTS
- LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
- MACROECONOMICS
- MASS MEDIA
- MAURITANIA
- MIGRANT WORKERS
- MIGRATION POLICY
- MILITARY OCCUPATION
- NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- PENSION SCHEMES
- POLITICAL LEADERS
- POPULAR PARTICIPATION
- POPULATION TRENDS
- PROJECT ACTIVITIES
- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
- PUBLIC WELFARE
- REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- RESOURCES ALLOCATION
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- RURAL AREAS
- SANITATION
- SANITATION SERVICES
- SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
- SOCIAL SURVEYS
- SOLIDARITY
- STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
- SUBSIDIES
- SURVEYS
- SURVIVORS BENEFITS
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
- TRADE AGREEMENTS
- TRAINING PROGRAMMES
- URBANIZATION
- URBAN PLANNING
- VOCATIONAL TRAINING
- WATER
- WATER POLICY
- WEALTH
- WOMEN'S HEALTH
- WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
- WORKFORCE
- ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
- ADULT EDUCATION
- AGE DISTRIBUTION
- AGE GROUPS
- AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
- AGRICULTURE
- ANTITRUST LAW
- ARABIC LANGUAGE
- ASSOCIATIONS
- BAHRAINIS
- BANGLADESH
- BANK LOANS
- BANKRUPTCY
- BRAZIL
- BRIBERY
- BROADBAND
- BUSINESS
- CAPITALISM
- CAPITAL MARKETS
- CARE ECONOMY
- CARTELS
- CHILD HEALTH
- CHILD LABOUR
- CHILD MORTALITY
- CHRONIC DISEASES
- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
- CIVIL WAR
- CLIMATE
- CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
- COASTAL AREAS
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- COMPETITION
- COMPETITION LAW
- CONFERENCES
- CONSENSUS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION
- CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE
- COOPERATIVE HOUSING
- COOPERATIVES
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- CORPORATION LAW
- COST ANALYSIS
- COUNSELLING
- CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- CULTURAL ASPECTS
- DEBT
- DEBT MANAGEMENT
- DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
- DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT
- DEMOCRACY
- DEMOGRAPHIC AGEING
- DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
- DEVELOPING AREAS
- DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
- DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- DIGITAL DIVIDE
- DJIBOUTI
- DOMESTIC WORKERS
- DRINKING WATER
- DROPOUTS
- DROUGHT CONTROL
- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS
- ECONOMIC CRISIS
- ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION
- ECONOMIC SECURITY
- ECONOMIC SURVEYS
- ECONOMY MEASURES
- EDUCATIONAL POLICY
- EDUCATIONAL REFORM
- EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
- ELECTRIC POWER
- ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
- EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
- EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
- ENERGY CONVERSION
- ENERGY POLICY
- ENERGY SERVICES
- ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- EQUITY
- ETHNIC CONFLICT
- EXPORTS
- FACTOR ANALYSIS
- FAMILY
- FAMILY WELFARE
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- FISHING
- FOOD POLICY
- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
- FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
- FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
- FORESTS
- FREE TRADE
- Gender and Renewable Energy
- GLOBALIZATION
- GOVERNMENT PURCHASING
- GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
- GULF STATES
- HEALTH STATISTICS
- HOURS OF WORK
- HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
- HOUSING
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
- HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
- ILLITERACY
- INCENTIVES
- INDEPENDENCE
- INDEX NUMBERS
- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- INDUSTRIALIZATION
- INFORMATION EXCHANGE
- INFORMATION NETWORKS
- INFORMATION SOCIETY
- INTERCOMMUNAL NEGOTIATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
- INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- INTERNET
- INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES
- INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION
- INVESTMENTS
- JOB VACANCIES
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- LABOUR LAW
- LABOUR POLICY
- LAND-BASED RESOURCES
- LAND DEGRADATION
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- LAW REFORM
- LEADERSHIP
- LIFE EXPECTANCY
- LOANS
- MALNUTRITION
- MARINE POLLUTION
- MARINE RESOURCES CONSERVATION
- MATERNAL MORTALITY
- MATERNAL WELFARE
- MEDICAL TREATMENT
- MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
- MIGRANTS
- MIGRATION STATISTICS
- MINERAL RESOURCES
- MINERALS
- MINING
- NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
- NATIONALITY
- NATIONAL SECURITY
- NURSING HOMES
- NUTRITION
- NUTRITION POLICY
- OMAN
- OPEN GOVERNMENT
- OWNERSHIP
- PALESTINE
- PALESTINE QUESTION
- PETROLEUM
- POPULATION GROWTH
- PRODUCTIVE AGEING
- PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
- PROGRAMMES OF ACTION
- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- PUBLIC DEBT
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- PUBLIC INVESTMENT
- PUBLIC SERVICES
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT
- QATAR
- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
- QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA
- RAW MATERIALS
- REAL PROPERTY
- REFUGEE STATUS
- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- REGIONAL PLANS
- RENEWABLE RESOURCES
- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
- RESOURCES EXPLORATION
- RESOURCES MOBILIZATION
- RESTRICTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES
- RIGHT TO FOOD
- RIGHT TO HEALTH
- RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- RURAL POPULATION
- RURAL POVERTY
- RURAL WOMEN
- SAFETY REGULATIONS
- SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SECURITY MANAGEMENT
- SELF-RELIANCE
- SELF-RULE
- SEX DISTRIBUTION
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
- SOCIAL ASPECTS
- SOCIAL CHANGE
- SOCIAL CONFLICT
- SOCIAL MEDIA
- SOCIAL STATISTICS
- SOCIAL VALUES
- SPECIAL EDUCATION
- STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
- STANDARD OF LIVING
- STANDARDS
- STATISTICAL CAPACITY
- STERILIZATION
- STOCKHOLDERS
- STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
- SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- TAXATION
- TAX REFORM
- TAX REVENUES
- TECHNICAL ASPECTS
- TOLERANCE
- TRADE DATA INTERCHANGE
- TRADE FACILITATION
- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
- TRANSPORT
- TREATIES
- TREATY-MONITORING BODIES
- UNPAID WORK
- URBAN AREAS
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- URBAN ECONOMICS
- URBAN POPULATION
- VALUE CHAINS
- VIOLENCE
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
- WASTE MANAGEMENT
- WATER MANAGEMENT
- WATER RESOURCES
- WEBSITES
- WELFARE ECONOMICS
- WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- WOMEN REFUGEES
- WOMEN WORKERS
- WORKERS' RIGHTS
- YEMEN SITUATION
- YOUTH HEALTH
- YOUTH POLICY
- YOUTH SERVICES
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