Research

This document says that more than half of all children who are out of school in the world today live in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS) – 39 million children out of a total of 72 million children who are not in school. While there has been an impressive reduction in the overall number of children left out of school since 2006, progress has been much slower in CAFS.

This study has been prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat (Assistance to the Palestinian People Unit). The research benefited from contributions by UNCTAD consultants Yousef S. Daoud (BirzeitUniversity, West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory), Fadle M. Naqib (University of Waterloo,Ontario, Canada) and Sobhi Samour (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,London).

Accountability, transparency and the fight against corruption have been high on the policy agenda in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly since the publication in 2004 of the influential Arab Human Development Report1, which focused attention on the dire state of governance in the region.

One year after the Israeli offensive on Gaza Strip that left behind mass killing, destruction and displacement. Its serious repercussions are still continuing on the economy and society. Despite the difficult circumstances, which are still afflicting on Gaza Strip and institutions working in it, Women's Affairs Center (WAC) initiatives and efforts to enrich experience of the feminist movement and civil society in Palestine continues to provide decision makers with researches and studies on women's issues, and provide objective information on women priority needs.

Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be immense. This report aims to provide information to governments, business, academia and the public about the impact of climate change on the Arab countries, and encourage concrete action to face the challenge.

In the last two decades, much has been written about the emergence of civil soci-ety organizations and the important role that they can play in a country’s economic and political development.

Effects of Separation Wall on the Economy in Arab Jerusalem
 
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The media environment of Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories has developed extensively in the last twenty years, in ways that might seem to present Palestinians with enriched opportunities for public debate. Yet, examining the political contexts of media development with a focus on the periods of the first and second Intifadas reveals that the contemporary media environment is not necessarily more conducive to democratic change. Since 1948, Palestinians have assembled their media world out of other states’ media, and a diverse collection of small and large media.

This collection of affidavits compiled by Al-Haq address a range of violations to which Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are subjected, including demolition and sealing of houses; abuses by Israeli settlers; harassment of students; town arrests; and issues pertaining to villages leagues. The affidavits testify to grave violations by different groups: some Israeli and some Arab, some civilian and some military. While the media has reported such instances, this collection is the first time that vctims' own accounts are made available.