No Poverty

ھذا الإصدار ھو العدد الأحدث من سلسلة تصدر كل سنتین عن شعبة الاحصاء في اللجنة الاقتصادیة والاجتماعیة لغربي آسیا (الإسكوا).

يمكن تعريف ثقافة منطقة معينة على أنها مزيج السمات والممارسات المادية والروحية والموضوعية والتاريخية المميزة لسكانها. وثقافة المنطقة العربية غنية ومتنوعة للغاية.

أعاقت جائحة كوفيد-19 خلق فرص العمل في المنطقة العربية إلى حد كبير. فقد زاد، على وجه الخصوص، عدد الوظائف التي يجب إنشاؤها للحد من البطالة وزيادة معدلات المشاركة في القوى العاملة بشكل كبير مقارنة بفترة ما قبل الوباء. ووفقاً لمنشور صدر مؤخراً عن الإسكوا ومنظمة العمل الدولية، يتعيّن على المنطقة العربية خلق 65 مليون وظيفة إضافية من أجل زيادة مشاركة المرأة في القوى العاملة إلى مستوى البلدان المتوسطة الدخل، وهي تحتاج إلىESCWA( ،أكثر من 33.3 مليون وظيفة جديدة من أجل خفض معدل البطالة إلى 5 في المائة.)and ILO, 2021

The main results of the World Population Prospects are presented in a series of Excel files displaying key demographic indicators for each UN development group, World Bank income group, geographic region, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) region, subregion and country or area for selected periods or dates within 1950-2100. For advanced users who need to use these data in a database form or statistical software, we recommend to use the CSV format for bulk download. Special Aggregates also provide additional groupings of countries.

Universally accessible social protection programmes play a vital role in overcoming poverty and inequality over the life course. Rural populations face financial, administrative and programme design barriers to accessing social protection. Government action is required to ensure social protection measures, including floors, are available for all in rural areas.

Between 2001 and 2019, emergency crises in the UNECE region affected an estimated 130 million people, injuring over 90 million, and making nearly 674,000 people homeless. Though generally disproportionately impacted by emergency crises, older men and women are often neglected in disaster risk reduction strategies and emergency responses. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of older persons carrying the burden of severe illness and mortality as well as of acute loneliness and isolation. As of September 2020, nearly 9 out of 10 COVID-19 related deaths reported in the UNECE region have been among adults aged 65 years and older. Disaster risk reduction and preparedness plans need to be “older persons friendly and inclusive” to prevent and mitigate the UNECE | Standing Working Group on Ageing | www.unece.org/population | [email protected] UNECE Policy Brief on Ageing No. 25 November 2020 potentially devastating implications of emergency crises among them. The challenge is not only to protect older persons and ensure essential services provide for their needs, as part of the emergency response and recovery after crises, it is also to account for the diversity of this population group, recognize their capacities and harness their experience to maximize the preparedness for and minimize the impact of emergencies.

Shocks can pressure families into negative coping strategies with significant drawbacks for children’s lives and development, particularly for children living in disadvantaged households who are at greater risk of falling into a poverty trap. This paper investigates if unconditional cash transfers can be effective in protecting children against unexpected negative life events. Using two waves of data, we found that the Lesotho Child Grant Programme reduced the incidence and intensity of multidimensional deprivation for children living in labour-constrained female-headed households that experienced negative economic or demographic shocks. Programme design in shock-prone contexts should seek to reinforce and widen the protective effect of the cash transfer for the most vulnerable.