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Study realized for the CDR (Council for Development and Reconstruction) in 2005 and 2006 2006 Study realized for the CDR (Council for Development and Reconstruction) in 2005 and 2006, under the direction of the author, with Dar el Handasah and IAURIF, in view of rationalizing public investment and current expenditure, in the light […]
study sponsored by the Economic Research Forum 26 December 2009 The common approach to higher education in the MENA countries appears to be based on three assessments: 1) higher education provision is dominated by the public sector; 2) there is a major financing problem and 3) there is an increasing demand On each of […]
in UNDP Conference on Linking economic growth and social development in Lebanon January 2000 The conference gave the opportunity to explicit the analysis and the diagnosis underlying the “Financial Correction Program” that had been presented few months earlier to the Lebanese Government. The paper tackles in a critical way the theses that were still […]
November 2000 ef note prepared for the World Bank and presenting the characteristics of the Lebanese economy and the developments that took place during the (controversial) period of 1998-2000. It aims at evaluating the macro risks and the economic and financial sustainability. 5 p. (in english)
November 2000 Note prepared for the World Bank and analysing the economic function and the financial situation of the Lebanese banking sector. 26 p. (in english)
February 2002 The study aims at assessing the types and scales of the risks facing a business that produces goods and services intended for domestic consumption in Lebanon, under various hypotheses of evolution of economic policies. 14 p. (in french)
March 2002 The text criticizes a project of law (that has been passed later on) establishing a segregated account for the Treasury that allocates, with a privilege, the proceeds of privatization, the foreseen primary surplus in the budget and the proceeds of the sale of future public revenues (hidden under the title of securitization), to […]
December 2002 Analytical and prospective document, written on the spot, less than one month after the holding of the Paris 2 Conference (where nearly 3 billions USD were advanced to the Lebanese Government at concessionary conditions and with no conditionality). The document replaces the Paris 2 operation in its effective financial and political context, taking […]
August 2003 This work constitutes the first attempt ( and probably the most serious until now) to present a detailed, quantified and scheduled action plan aiming at correcting the serious distortions that affect public finance in Lebanon. It has been carried, on a voluntary basis, by the author and Makram Sader (with the assistance of […]
Editor Lebanese Center for Policy Studies LCPS, 320 p, bilingual book in Arabic and French March 2006 The book takes into account the dramatic developments that occurred during 2005 and aims at participating in the search for an exit from the political deadlock by proposing a program for socioeconomic action. This document updates the […]