Economics and economic policies

Essays, research and propositions - Studies and reports - Articles, seminars and conferences

Essays, research and propositions

• " Migration and Education Decisions in a Dynamic General Equilibrium Framework "
   
  11 November 2008 - Sebastien Dessus and Charbel Nahas

  World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, number 4775



• « Discussion and Approval of the National Budget in Iraq »
   
  December 2007 - document presented to the Iraqi Members of Parliament, within the UNDP “Program on Governance in the Arab Region”



• "Syria: Fiscal Policy Perspectives"
   
  15 August 2007



• « Exploring Lebanon’s Growth Prospects »
   
  August 2007 - Jean-Claude Berthelemy,Sebastien Dessus & Charbel Nahas

  World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, number 4332



• “Bases of discussion of the official document presented to the Paris 3 Conference from a union perspective”
   
  February 2007



• « Observatory of the Public Matter in Lebanon – Macha’ »
   
  November 2006 - Charter of foundation of the association



• « Readings in the destruction and orientations for reconstruction »
   
  August 2006



• Proposition of law instituting a pension system in Lebanon
   
  June 2006



• A socioeconomic program for Lebanon
   
  March 2006 - Editor Lebanese Center for Policy Studies LCPS, 320 p, bilingual book in Arabic and French



• Financial correction program 1998-1999
   
  August 2003



• Preliminary study of the consequences of Paris 2 Conference
   
  December 2002



• The miraculous account
   
  March 2002



• Financial risks for a business selling on the Lebanese domestic market
   
  February 2002



• Economic function of the Lebanese banking sector
   
  November 2000



• Lebanon: a macro economic framework
   
  November 2000



• What economic growth model for the next decade ?
   
  January 2000 - in UNDP Conference on Linking economic growth and social development in Lebanon

Studies and reports

• Financing and Political Economy of Higher Education in Lebanon
   
  26 December 2009 - study sponsored by the Economic Research Forum



• « Public Investment Program »
   
  2006 - study realized for the CDR (Council for Development and Reconstruction) in 2005 and 2006



• The Socio-economic impact of replacing the commercial port in Sour by a fishing and touristic port
   
  May 2005



• "Formulation of a Strategy for Social Development in Lebanon"
   
  September 2004 - Economic and Social Fund for Development (ESFD), currently hosted by the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)

  in accordance with the financing agreement between the Government of Lebanon and the European Union



• An executive order from President Bush blocks the assets of Syrian officials
   
  May 2004



• Financial risks for a manager of funds in Lebanon
   
  August 2002



• The financial sector and the crisis of development
   
  July 2002 - in “Globalization : Towards a Lebanese agenda”, National Human Development Report: Lebanon 2001-2002, UNDP, Beirut



• Programming and Assessment of the economic impact of the Cultural heritage Project in Jbeil-Byblos
   
  April 2002



• “Reading of the 2001 budget”
   
  December 2001



• “Stakeholder Analysis and Social Assessment for the Proposed Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Project”
   
  November 2001



• «Financing urban development and municipal resources, in relation to migrations, urbanisation and poverty »
   
  November 2000 - ESCWA



• « Republic of Lebanon, Poverty review »
   
  September 2000 - A World Bank Document



• Reconstruction of the Beirut Central District (1984-1986)
   
  1986



• Background documents for the "National Physical Master Plan for Lebanon" (SDATL)
   
  Macro Economic Framework
  Reconstruction in Lebanon
  Balanced development and the role of Beirut
  Actors and procedures of urban development

Articles, seminars and conferences

• Economic lexicon
   
  8 December 2009 - Series of articles monthly published (in French) in “Le Commerce du Levant”



• "Managing the Lebanese Public Debt in the context of an International Financial Crisis"
   
  12 January 2009 - Conference in Beirut, January 12th 2009



• The risks of the international financial crisis for Lebanon
   
  20 October 2008 - interview to the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar on 20th October 2008



• The imposed priorities on the agenda of the new government
   
  21 June 2008 - Article in the Lebanese daily An-Nahar, on 19th of June 2008, on the economic perspectives and the options for the new cabinet



• The "Social Market Economy": a possible model for Lebanon?
   
  21 June 2008 - Conference within a seminar organized by the "Lebanese Center for Policy Studies" and the "Konrad Adenauer Stiftung", in Beirut, on 21 and 22 of June 2008



• The challenges of the Lebanese economy after the Doha accord
   
  9 June 2008 - Interview in the Lebanese daily "Al-Akhbar", June 9th 2008, exploring the economic prospects in Lebanon and the choices of the coming Government



• “The reforms produced in Lebanon by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)”
   
  15 November 2007 - Conference at Saint-Joseph University in Beirut, within the "Neighbourhood days"



• « The economic stakes of the Euro-Lebanese Partnership »
   
  March 2007 - conference at the Antonine University in Baabda



• Which socio-economic program for Lebanon ?
   
  April 2006 - presentation and table of access to the documents



• « Convergence and divergence in the economic policies between Lebanon and Syria »
   
  February 2006 - lecture given in the framework of the Annual Conference of the Cultural Movement – Antelias on the theme « Lebanese Syrian relations, assessment and prospective »



• « Enabling environment for SME’s in Lebanon. Role of Fiscal Policy »
   
  28 September 2005 - seminar jointly organized by the EU and the Economic and Social Fund for Development

  (PowerPoint Presentation)



• “Justice in the Mediterranean; for or against fiscal heavens – the experience of the Middle East”
   
  2005 - conference presented in the framework of the seminar on international fiscal justice, FSMed, held in Barcelona in 17-19 June 2005



• « The official “Regeneration of Lebanon” plan: 1994 -2004‏, A comparative study »
   
  May 2004



• « The economic situation in Lebanon »
   
  October 2003 - Power Point presentation at the “Lebanese Work Council in the United Arab Emirates- Abu Dhabi”



• “Privatizing the public services, a union perspective”
   
  July 2003



• “The social dimension of the fiscal system”
   
  May 2003 - Seminar of the Socialist Progressive Party - SPP



• “Discussion of the 2003 budget”
   
  December 2002 - Conference at the Socialist Progressive Party



• « Complementarity between Lebanon and Syria : the stakes, the positions and the attitudes »
   
  July 2002 - introductory address to Dr Issam el Zaim (Minister of planning) conference at the Cultural Council for South Lebanon



• The problems of National Accounting
   
  May 2002



• «Macroeconomic policies and financial crises ; their influence on poverty »
   
  March 2002



• The preservation of the Social Security assets
   
  November 2001 - Conference at the General Confederation of Labour in Lebanon



• The large urban projects and the cities
   
  30 November 2000 - Conference at the CERMOC



• « The lebanese economy and its imbalances »
   
  September 2000 - Monde arabe Maghreb-Machrek, Special quarterly issue N°169, July-September 2000



• “The economic effects of privatisations”
   
  January 2000 - Conference given at the Order of Engineers



• Seminar on Urban Planning and land policies in Lebanon
   
  2000 - held in June July 2000



• « Land and Real estate economy in Lebanon »
   
  October 1998 - Conference at the Cermoc

  Published in : "Observatoire de Recherches sur Beyrouth et la Reconstruction, Lettre d’information" N°12, 2000

• Are National Accounts in Lebanon reliable?
   
  9 March 2009 - Interview in the daily "l’Orient le Jour" by Mahmoud Harb, on 9th of March 2009