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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 […]
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 […]