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ECONOMY
ESCWA: The Arab region faces two scenarios for 2021
Ashraf AboArafe Beirut – 29 December 2020 The Arab region faces two economic scenarios for 2021: an optimistic one projecting a…
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Watch! ESCWA warns of retreating Lebanon’s basic food needs
Ashraf AboArafe Beirut, 30 August 2020– Lebanon relies heavily on food imports to meet the needs of its population. After…
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ESCWA warns.. More than half of Lebanon population trapped in poverty
Ashraf AboArafe Beirut, 19 August 2020–Hit by a cataclysmic blast and daily spikes in COVID-19 cases, Lebanon is crippled by the…
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ESCWA: More than $50 bln required for middle- and low-income Arab countries to recover from COVID-19
Ashraf AboArafe Beirut, 3 July 2020–Fiscal stimulus packages announced by Arab Governments, amounting to about $102 billion, are not sufficient…
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ESCWA: 74 mln of Arabs at risk of COVID-19 for not having handwashing facilities
Cairo – Ashraf AboArafe While it has been agreed worldwide that handwashing with soap and water is the best prevention…
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