Press release New ESCWA report: Kuwait could save more than a quarter of its budget through improved efficiency of its social spending 14 Jan 2025 Read the story
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25 Jun 2020 | Press release COVID-19 exposes 32 million older persons to lack of health care and aggravates the problems of young people in the Arab region
3 Jun 2020 | Press release 31 Arab billionaires own as much wealth as half of the region’s population
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6 Dec 2019 | News Social Expenditure Monitor: ESCWA tool to improve budgeting towards increased social justice
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18 Jun 2019 | Media advisory Regional Workshop on “Social Expenditure Monitor Framework for the Arab States”
14 May 2019 | Press release Leave no one behind; ESCWA and partners discuss combating marginalization in Arab region
14 May 2019 | Press release Leave no one behind; ESCWA and partners discuss combating marginalization in Arab region
