Press release ESCWA: 2 Arab currencies lost more than 80% of their purchasing power between 2019 and 2021 2 Feb 2022 Read the story
2 Feb 2021 | Press release Lebanon’s formal private sector sales down by 45% and a quarter of the workforce laid off
7 Nov 2020 | Press release Number of passenger flights reduced by more than half in the Arab region due to COVID-19
30 Aug 2020 | Press release Half of Lebanon’s population at risk of failing to access basic food needs by year’s end
23 Jul 2020 | Press release United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region: recovery is an opportunity to build back better
3 Jul 2020 | Press release $50 billion more required for middle- and low-income Arab countries to recover from COVID-19
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
23 Apr 2020 | Press release ESCWA warns of a historic decline in foreign direct investment in the Arab region due to COVID-19
15 Apr 2020 | Press release 74 million in the Arab region at risk of COVID-19 due to lack of access to a handwashing facility
6 Apr 2020 | Press release ESCWA & partners warn: violence against women has increased due to COVID-19; Women will lose twice as much as men in terms of jobs
1 Apr 2020 | Press release 8.3 million people will fall into poverty in the Arab region due to COVID-19
18 Mar 2020 | Press release At least 1.7 million jobs will be lost in the Arab region due to the coronavirus pandemic
