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A World Bank Document September 2000 This document was prepared by the CRI (Consultation and Research Institute sarl) with the World Bank ; it constitutes a systematic review of poverty issues in Lebanon : It calculates the poverty indices on the basis of the « UBN » (Unsatisfied Basic Needs ) method, It analyses […]
ESCWA November 2000 Research note presented to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). It aims at setting a historical and economic framework for the debate on decentralisation and on the role of the finance of local authorities in the Middle East area. It highlights the socio-political particular features of the […]
November 2001 Framing document prepared in collaboration with the urban planner Ms Maha Yahya and “Information International” for the CDR and the World bank, in view of implementing a loan from the WB to promote the cultural heritage of five cities in Lebanon (Tripoli, Jbeil, Saïda, Sour and Baalbeck). The report assesses the socioeconomic […]
December 2001 The 2001 budget is interesting because it is the first one prepared by Rafik Hariri’s team after his group won the 2000 elections against the faction led by President Lahoud and after the fierce critics against the “Financial Correction Program”. It was presented few weeks before James Wolfenson’s visit to Lebanon and […]
April 2002 Programming of intervention (140 Ko – in english) Economic impact assessment (100 Ko – in english) Report written during the second phase of the Cultural Heritage Project, in association with AAA (Atelier d’Architectes Associés) for the CDR and the World Bank. It includes the programming of the operation (that is presently being […]
in “Globalization : Towards a Lebanese agenda”, National Human Development Report: Lebanon 2001-2002, UNDP, Beirut July 2002 21 p. (in english) Link : On the UNDP site
August 2002 The study aims at assessing the types and scales of the risks facing a manager of funds invested on the Lebanese capital market, depending on the available instruments (exchange risk, interest rate risk, liquidity and solvency risks). The different financial and monetary policies are examined with respect to their effects on the […]
May 2004 The US President Bush issued on the 11th of March 2004 this « executive order » that, few months before the issuance of the UN Council of Security 1559, sets the regional political stage. The political and financial mechanisms and effects of this measure are analysed in detail with the dangers they […]
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 September 2004 The report formulates a strategy for social development in Lebanon aimed at orienting the action of the Government in general […]
May 2005 The city of Sour, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, includes, since the civil war, an irregular commercial port. The study aims at assessing the benefits and costs of transforming this port so as to preserve and promote the cultural character of the city. The measures needed to mitigate the losses […]