Press release

27 Jun 2013

Beirut-Cairo

Cairo Hosts ESCWA Meeting on Middle Class in Arab Region

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Tapping into a yet unexplored area, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is holding a meeting on “Economics of middle class in the Arab region,” on 28 and 29 June 2013 in Sofitel El Gezirah Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo. The meeting opens tomorrow Friday 28 June at 2:00 PM, with a statement by ESCWA Senior Economist and Director of the Economic Development and Globalization Division, Abdallah Dardari. Participants in the meeting are international experts from academia and other research institutions as well as representatives of government officials from different relevant ministries in ESCWA member countries. They will discuss the economic perspective of the middle class; macroeconomic and labour market policies and the middle class; political economy of the middle class; and political sociology of the middle class Drawing from the material presented at the meeting and from the rich discussions it will foster, ESCWA will prepare a report on the economic role of the middle class in the Arab region, which is planned to be launched in December 2013. ESCWA is one of the five UN regional commissions. It provides a framework for the formulation and harmonization of sectoral policies for member countries; a platform for congress and coordination; a home for expertise and knowledge, and an information observatory. ESCWA aims at supporting economic and social cooperation between the region’s countries and promoting development process in order to achieve regional integration. Libya, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Tunisia became members of ESCWA in September 2012. By this new membership, the number of ESCWA countries rose to 17, including: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The Sudan, The Syrian Arab Republic, The United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
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