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EGM on developing FDI statistics in ESCWA Member Countries, UN-House, Beirut, 27-28 September 2011 (only in arabic) Launching of The World Investment Report 2011 (in arabic) Launching of The World Investment Report 2010 (in arabic) Financing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Bilateral Investment Agreements Damascus Declaration on responding to the IFC in the ESCWA region Regional Integration in Financial Services Foreign Trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development The Impact of the International Financial Crisis on ESCWA Member Countries EDGD Releases Assessment of the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on ESCWA Region

KEY DOCUMENTS, PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES   Impact of Global Financial Meltdown IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON ESCWA MEMBER COUNTRIES THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE WORLD OIL MARKET AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GCC COUNTRIES THE IMPACTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON ESCWA MEMBER COUNTRIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES   Key Documents Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2007 Financing for Development in the ESCWA Region: Follow-up and Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in the ESCWA member countries   Presentation Regional Expert Group Meeting on “SMEs Role in Sustainable Development in the Arab Region”, 6-7 November 2012, Kuwait   Report of Meeting Expert Group Meeting on “Unlocking Infrastructure Investments and Mobilizing Financial Resources in the Arab region”, Rabat, 17-18 April 2013 Regional Expert Group Meeting on “SMEs Role in Sustainable Development in the Arab Region”, 6-7 November 2012, Kuwait Expert Group Meeting on The Improvement of Foreign Direct Investment Statistics in ESCWA Member Countries, Beirut, 27-28 September 2011 Expert Group Meeting on the Role of Workers’ Remittances in Development Finance, Beirut, 28-29 September 2010 Dubai International Conference of Endowments on Innovative Sources to Finance Small and Medium – Sized Enterprises, Dubai, 16-17 February 2010   Useful Documents The Monterrey Consensus: status of implementation and tasks ahead   PUBLICATIONS E/ESCWA/EDGD/2012/5 Progress Made by the ESCWA Member Countries on Financing for Development E/ESCWA/EDGD/2011/3 Foreign Direct Investment Statistics in ESCWA Member Countries E/ESCWA/EDGD/2011/Technical Paper.3 Foreign Direct Investment Report 2011 More >>

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