Reaping the rewards of demographic transitions: investing in Arab youth: Social Policy Brief, No. 7
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Policy briefs | E/ESCWA/SDD/2014/BRIEF.7 | January 2014
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- 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
- International migration
- Addressing multidimensional poverty
- Older persons
- Young people
- Development challenges
- Promoting social justice
- Sustainable urban development
- Women’s rights and gender mainstreaming
- Population & Housing Censuses
- Reducing inequalities
- Women’s economic empowerment
- Gender Justice and the Law
- Reforming social protection systems
- Women, peace and security
- Governance and institution building
- Including persons with disabilities in the labour market
- Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Data
- Strengthening transboundary risk mitigation
- Arab Forum for Sustainable Development
- Monitoring money-metric poverty
- Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- Public finance and inclusive fiscal policy
- Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities
- Arab information society
- Civil registration & vital statistics
- Climate Resilience through Regional Cooperation
- Economic Statistics and National Accounts
- Financial & macroeconomic statistics for National accounts
- Support to the Palestinian people
- Advancing water and food security
- Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies
- Arab Digital Inclusion Platform
- Digital Development
- Innovation policies
- Partnerships for Agenda 2030
- Arab Initiative for Mobilizing Climate Finance for Water
- Arab Internet Governance Forum
- Arab Open and Innovative Government
- Artificial intelligence & big data
- AWARENET
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
- Cyber Legislation
- Enhancing integrated national development planning
- Gender statistics
- Islamic finance
- Job creation
- Life Cycle
- Promoting food and water security
- Promoting renewable energy investments
- RICCAR
- Taxation and domestic public resource mobilization
- Technology Centre
- Transport statistics
- Voluntary reporting on the 2030 Agenda
- Water Action Decade
- Water Resources Management Tools
Clusters
Keywords
- ARAB COUNTRIES
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- STATISTICAL DATA
- POVERTY
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- YOUTH
- INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
- POPULATION
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- EDUCATION
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- AGEING PERSONS
- COVID-19
- EMPLOYMENT
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- GENDER EQUALITY
- SOCIAL POLICY
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- LABOUR MARKET
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- AGEING
- DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- MIGRATION
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- DISPLACED PERSONS
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- GOVERNANCE
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- POPULATION DYNAMICS
- POPULATION GROWTH
- POPULATION TRENDS
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- DEVELOPMENT
- HOUSEHOLDS
- POVERTY MITIGATION
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- EQUALITY
- REFUGEES
- FOOD SECURITY
- JORDAN
- MIGRATION POLICY
- MIGRATION STATISTICS
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- REMITTANCES
- WOMEN
- AGE DISTRIBUTION
- DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
- GIRLS
- EMPLOYMENT CREATION
- EMPOWERMENT
- FERTILITY
- HEALTH
- HEALTH SERVICES
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- YOUTH POLICY
- CARE OF AGEING PERSONS
- COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- CONFERENCES
- CONFLICT
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS
- HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
- HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
- HOUSING
- HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- LABOUR MOBILITY
- PARTNERSHIP
- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- SOCIAL WELFARE
- WEALTH
- WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
- ARMED CONFLICTS
- CASE STUDIES
- CHILDREN
- DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
- DECENT WORK
- DEMOGRAPHIC AGEING
- EGYPT
- FERTILITY RATE
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- LEGAL ASPECTS
- POPULAR PARTICIPATION
- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
- SANITATION SERVICES
- SOCIAL ASPECTS
- STATE OF PALESTINE
- TUNISIA
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS
- CITIES
- DATA COLLECTION
- DECISION-MAKING
- DEMOGRAPHY
- DEVELOPMENT POLICY
- EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
- EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
- FORCED MIGRATION
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- GULF STATES
- HEALTH INSURANCE
- HEALTH POLICY
- LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- LEBANON
- MIGRANTS
- MOROCCO
- OLD AGE BENEFITS
- POPULATION SIZE
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- PROGRAMMES OF ACTION
- PROTEST MOVEMENTS
- PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- RESILIENCE
- RIGHT TO EDUCATION
- SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- Social protection
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- WAR
- WAR VICTIMS
- WOMEN'S STATUS
- WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
- AGE GROUPS
- BASIC SERVICES
- CAPACITY BUILDING
- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
- CORRUPTION
- DATA ANALYSIS
- DEMOCRATIZATION
- DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
- DISABILITY
- DISCRIMINATION
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- DRINKING WATER
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- EQUITY
- GENDER MAINSTREAMING
- HEALTH CONDITIONS
- HEALTH STATISTICS
- HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
- HOUSING CONDITIONS
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- IMMIGRANTS
- INNOVATIONS
- LITERACY
- MACROECONOMICS
- MAURITANIA
- MEDICAL ASPECTS
- MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
- MIGRANT WORKERS
- MORTALITY STATISTICS
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- OPEN SPACES
- PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- POLICY MAKING
- POLITICAL ASPECTS
- PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
- QATAR
- RECOVERY
- REGIONAL COOPERATION
- RESEARCH
- SOCIAL INDICATORS
- SOCIAL ISOLATION
- SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
- SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION
- SOCIAL STATISTICS
- SOMALIA
- TAXATION
- TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
- TRAINING PROGRAMMES
- URBANIZATION
- URBAN PLANNING
- WAR ON GAZA
- WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
- WOMEN'S EDUCATION
- YOUTH SERVICES
- AGE-SEX DISTRIBUTION
- AGRICULTURE
- ALGERIA
- BASIC EDUCATION
- BASIC NEEDS
- BLOCKADE
- CIVILIAN PERSONS
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
- COMOROS
- COSTS
- CULTURE
- DEMOCRACY
- DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- DIGITAL DIVIDE
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
- DJIBOUTI
- EARLY MARRIAGE
- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
- ECONOMIC STATISTICS
- EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS
- EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
- ELECTRICITY
- EMPLOYMENT POLICY
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- ENERGY SERVICES
- FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
- GENDER STATISTICS
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
- HEALTH INDICATORS
- HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
- IMMIGRATION
- INCOME POLICY
- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- INFANT MORTALITY
- INFORMAL SECTOR
- INSTITUTIONAL MACHINERY
- INTERNAL MIGRATION
- INTERNET
- IRAQ
- ISRAEL
- LABOUR POLICY
- LIBYA
- LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
- MANPOWER STATISTICS
- MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
- MEASUREMENT
- MILITARY OCCUPATION
- MORTALITY
- MULTIDIMENTIONAL POVERTY INDEX
- MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- OMAN
- PALESTINIANS
- PEACEBUILDING
- PENSIONS
- POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- PUBLIC SERVICES
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT
- REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
- RETURN MIGRATION
- REVOLUTIONS
- RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION
- RURAL POPULATION
- SAFETY REGULATIONS
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
- SOCIAL MEDIA
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
- SUDAN
- SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- TOURISM
- TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
- URBAN AREAS
- URBAN POPULATION
- VIOLENCE
- VIOLENT DEATHS
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
- WASTE DISPOSAL
- WATER
- WATER SUPPLY
- WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- WOMEN IN POLITICS
- WOMEN WORKERS
- YEMEN
- YOUTH HEALTH
- ACCESSIBILITY
- ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- ACTIVITIES
- ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS
- ADULT EDUCATION
- ADVISORY SERVICES
- AERIAL BOMBINGS
- AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA
- AGE
- AIR QUALITY
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
- ASSIMILATION
- ASYLUM SEEKERS
- BAHRAIN
- BANGLADESH
- BRAIN DRAIN
- CARE ECONOMY
- CAREGIVERS
- CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION
- CHILDBIRTH
- CHILD HEALTH
- CHILD WELFARE
- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
- CIVIL SERVICE
- CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
- CLOUDS
- COASTAL AREAS
- COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- COPYRIGHT
- COUNTRY PROGRAMMES
- CRIMINAL STATISTICS
- CROATIA
- CULTURAL ASPECTS
- CULTURAL STATISTICS
- CURRENCY INSTABILITY
- DAMAGES
- DATA QUALITY
- DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
- DESERTIFICATION
- DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
- DISABILITY BENEFITS
- DISCRIMINATION BASED ON WORK AND DESCENT
- DOMESTIC WORKERS
- DOMICILE AND RESIDENCE
- E-GOVERNMENT
- ECONOMIC CRISIS
- ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
- ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
- ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION
- EDUCATIONAL POLICY
- ELECTRIC POWER
- EMIGRATION
- EMIGRATION LAW
- ENERGY CONSUMPTION
- ENERGY POLICY
- ENERGY RESOURCES
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
- ESSENTIAL DRUGS
- EUROPE
- EUROPEAN FEDERATION
- EXPATRIATE WORKERS
- FAMILY
- FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
- FERTILITY DECLINE
- FINANCIAL ASPECTS
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- FINANCING
- FISCAL POLICY
- FISHING
- FOOD
- FOOD AID
- FOOD POLICY
- FOOD SHORTAGE
- FORESTS
- FUELS
- GENDER
- GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
- GREEN ECONOMY
- GUIDELINES
- HEALTH CENTRES
- HEALTH PERSONNEL
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- HONG KONG
- HOUSEHOLD SIZE
- HOUSING CENSUSES
- HOUSING NEEDS
- HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
- HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
- HUMAN SECURITY
- HUNGER
- IMMIGRATION LAW
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION STATISTICS
- INDONESIA
- INDUSTRIALIZATION
- INFORMATION EXCHANGE
- INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
- INSTITUTION BUILDING
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
- INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
- ISLAMIC ETHICS
- JAPAN
- JORDAN RIVER VALLEY
- JUSTICE
- KNOW-HOW
- KUWAIT
- LABOUR
- LABOUR LAW
- LAND
- LAND RIGHTS
- LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
- LAW
- LAW REFORM
- LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- LEGAL SERVICES
- LIFE EXPECTANCY
- LIVING CONDITIONS
- LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- LOCAL LAWS
- MANUALS
- MARINE POLLUTION
- MARINE RESOURCES CONSERVATION
- MASS MEDIA
- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- MENTAL STRESS
- MIDDLE CLASS
- NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
- NATIONALITY
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- NON-CITIZENS
- NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- NORTH AMERICA
- NURSING HOMES
- NUTRITION POLICY
- OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS
- OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
- OIL EMBARGO
- OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
- PAMPHLETS
- PARKS
- PATENTS
- PEACE
- PEACEMAKING
- PENSION FUNDS
- PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
- PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- PLURALISM
- POLITICAL LEADERS
- POPULATION ASPECTS
- POPULATION CENSUSES
- POPULATION FORECASTS
- POPULATION PROJECTIONS
- POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
- PRODUCTIVE AGEING
- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
- PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
- PUBLIC OPINION
- PUBLIC WELFARE
- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
- QUALITY OF LIFE
- QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA
- RADICALISM
- RECONSTRUCTION
- REFUGEE PLACEMENT
- REFUGEE STATUS
- REGIONAL PLANS
- REGIONAL PROGRAMMES
- REHABILITATION
- REINTEGRATION
- RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
- RENEWABLE RESOURCES
- REPATRIATION
- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- RIGHT TO FOOD
- RIGHT TO HEALTH
- RIGHT TO WORK
- RISK
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- ROAD MAPS
- ROADS
- RULE OF LAW
- RURAL POVERTY
- SANITATION
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SECTORAL PLANNING
- SECURITY ASSURANCES
- SEGREGATION
- SEX DISTRIBUTION
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- SLUMS
- SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
- SMALL FARMS
- SOCIAL CHANGE
- SOCIAL GROUPS
- SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
- SOCIAL SURVEYS
- SOLIDARITY
- SPECIAL EDUCATION
- STAFFING
- STATISTICS
- STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
- SUBSIDIES
- SURVEYS
- SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- SYRIANS
- TAX REFORM
- TECHNICAL EDUCATION
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- THAILAND
- TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
- TRANSPORT PLANNING
- TREATY-MONITORING BODIES
- UNDEREMPLOYMENT
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- UNPAID WORK
- URBAN TRAFFIC
- VIRUSES
- WAGE POLICY
- WAR CRIMES
- WASTE MANAGEMENT
- WATER MANAGEMENT
- WATER POLICY
- WATER QUALITY
- WATER RESOURCES
- WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- WEBSITES
- WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES
- WESTERN ASIA
- WOMEN'S HEALTH
- WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- WORKING CONDITIONS
- WORK ORGANIZATION
- YOUNG ADULTS
- YOUNG WOMEN
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