IFI Research and Policy Memo #3 | September 2009
Youth Can Become Effective Leaders in LebanonCatholic Relief Services (CRS)
Reflecting the dynamism and energy of their society, youth in Lebanon are easily mobilized. About half of Lebanese youth say they volunteer, and a majority of them do so at least monthly. Yet their activity reflects the politicized, evolving, often tense nature of their context. This creates both an opportunity and a challenge.
More often than not in Lebanon’s divisive context, this youth activism is through political parties or politically affiliated groups and these...
The starting point for the present Report is that, since the publication of the first volume in the series, the region’s human development fault lines have grown more complex, and in some cases deepened.
أنجزت الدكتورة فهميّة شرف الدين هذه الدراسة الميدانية التحليليّة، بالتعاون مع برنامج اللأمم المتحدة الإنمائي(مشروع حقوق المر أة اللبنانية وقانون الجنسية) واللجنة الاهلية لمتابعة قضايا المرأة، في 2009.
مذكرات للباحثين و صناع القرار#2 | كانون الثاني 2009
بإمكان القطاع العام أن يخفف من العوامل التي تسبب هجرة الشبابجاد شعبان
يفضل الشباب، ذكوراً وإناثاً، مغادرة لبنان بشكل مؤقت أو نهائي للعمل خارجاً ّ ، مما يقلص من الثروة البشرية والمجتمعية للبلد. وبما أن العوامل الخارجية التي تجذب الشباب للهجرة لا يمكن تغييرها، فإن الحمل يبقى على ّ كاهل المؤسسات الرسمية لتحد من العوامل الداخلية التي تدفع بالشباب للهجرة.
ويضيق الهرم السكاني في لبنان عند فئة الشباب من عمر 20-35، بحسب الباحث والخبير الاقتصادي جاد شعبان، المهتم أيضا بقضايا الشباب فيالعالم العربي.
كما أن معظم من يهاجرون من الشباب إلى أميركا...
Parliamentary elections of 2009 and the year 2008 in review. The evenings of tuesday and Wednesday, April 7/8 marked the last day to register as a candidate for the Lebanese Parliamentary Elections scheduled on Sunday June 7, 2009.
Research and Policy Memo #2 | January 2009
Public Sector Can Reduce Push Factors that Drive Youth Emigration Jad Chaaban
Young men and women prefer to leave Lebanon either temporarily or permanently to work abroad, leading to a decline in the country’s human capital and welfare. While the factors that attract youth abroad cannot be altered, the onus rests on public institutions in Lebanon to reduce the internal “push” factors that drive youth away.
“The Lebanese population’s age pyramid shows a shrinking trend in the 20-35 age categories,” said Jad Chaaban, a leading economist and researcher...
This Map Contains The Following Information Layers: - Political Layer displaying the electoral weight of each of the opposition and the loyalists in each of the electoral districts of the 2005 General Elections - Confessional Layer, displaying a rough presentation of the geogr
Events and experiences over the past years have confirmed that Lebanon is not a "country" in the legal and political context of the term but an "agreement" between 18 confessions to live on one land and find an appropriate framework (the state) to deal with their differences.
The Lebanese people are divided behind their zu'ama (leaders), who always disagree over national and critical matters in order to protect their status and interests.
In the previous issue, Information International surveyed the opinion of the Lebanes on various issues, namely their political belonging, their position toward Hizbullah's arms and rearmament of political parties, their most preferred candidates for presidency and premiership,
This law is prepared by the National Commission on Parliamentary Electoral Law appointed by the Council of Ministers under Decision no 58 dated 8/8/2005.
This reference book includes chapters on resources, legal and integral frameworks, and the constitutional structure of NGOs. It aims at contributing to reinforce the role of civil society in the economic and social development of Lebanon.
A detailed report on ANND’s participation in this forum that covered the issues of neoliberal globalization and human development, women’s rights, geopolitical changes, democracy and public freedoms, cultural dimensions, environment and sustainable development, migration and t
In the framework of “Towards a National Dialogue on Corruption in Lebanon”, the United Nations Development Programme and the Lebanese Transparency Association were able to lay down the foundation of anti-corruption modules as translated into the document entitled “Towards a Na
The popularity of the women’s rights cause and its obvious intrinsic merit have unfortunately generated many facile assumptions and much confusion about the conditions of women in the Middle East and the problems they face
The forum was held less than two months after 9/11. The forum included general discussions as well as teach-ins on specific issues related to globalization, the WTO, and the challenges in the Arab world under the current world order.
