People living in the Arab region face various forms of inequality, many of them linked to unequal exposure to life-cycle risks. By providing financial protection against these risks, social protection systems can address inequalities. To be fully effective, social protection systems must take into account the particular needs of specific vulnerable groups such as informal workers, women and girls, older and younger people, persons with disabilities and migrants. This fourth edition of the Arab Inequality Report describes how social protection systems in the Arab region have evolved in...

This report is set out in two parts. Part one of this report discusses selected areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, a global policy framework to realign financial flows with sustainable development goals agreed in 2015, in Asia and Pacific. The selected areas include strengthening domestic public resources, Domestic and international private business and finance, debt and debt sustainability, and addressing systemic issues. Part two, co-authored with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Asian Development Bank, Climate Bonds Initiative and International Renewable Energy...