ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/EDID/2015/3
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Cluster: Shared Economic Prosperity
Focus Area: Financing for development, Governance & enabling environment, Inclusive development
Initiatives: Arab Forum for Sustainable Development
SDGs: Agenda 2030, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Keywords: Arab countries, Development, Economic growth, Economic integration, Governance, Human development, Poverty, Regional security, Sustainable development, Social justice, Regional cooperation, Regional security, Economic planning, Peace
Arab Development Outlook: Vision 2030
January 2016
The Arab region is in crisis and it is easy to succumb to pessimism about its future. This report, however, embraces a vision of hope: one that illustrates the many ways in which the region can act to ensure its future security and prosperity. It envisages a day when authoritarianism, occupation, foreign domination and all forms of discrimination end. A vision of human development and economic prosperity implies that citizens are free to voice their opinions and practice their beliefs without fear, the rule of law applies equally to all, and the basic necessities for a decent life are affordable even for the least fortunate. It calls for choices to be made in order to lay the foundations of an inclusive society, so as not to slip further into a spiral of deepening violence, instability and recession that would undermine development for generations to come.
This report presents a vision of improved governance, advanced social justice and human well-being, transformed economies, and intensified regional integration; in short, an Arab region enjoying peace, stability and prosperity.
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The Arab region is in crisis and it is easy to succumb to pessimism about its future. This report, however, embraces a vision of hope: one that illustrates the many ways in which the region can act to ensure its future security and prosperity. It envisages a day when authoritarianism, occupation, foreign domination and all forms of discrimination end. A vision of human development and economic prosperity implies that citizens are free to voice their opinions and practice their beliefs without fear, the rule of law applies equally to all, and the basic necessities for a decent life are affordable even for the least fortunate. It calls for choices to be made in order to lay the foundations of an inclusive society, so as not to slip further into a spiral of deepening violence, instability and recession that would undermine development for generations to come.
This report presents a vision of improved governance, advanced social justice and human well-being, transformed economies, and intensified regional integration; in short, an Arab region enjoying peace, stability and prosperity.
