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Integrity’s research highlights that the truces agreed in several locations across Syria in the early months of 2014 do not represent the localised beginnings of a peacebuilding process. These agreements—and the negotiation and implementation processes that delivered them—were not built upon good practice and were significantly undermined by a lack of political will for peace from the outset. For opposition stakeholders, the truce agreements were a reaction to extreme levels of civilian suffering and a military capacity weakened by lengthy, government-enforced sieges. In all areas researched...

Working Paper | June 2014
Governance between Isolation and Integration A Study on the Interaction between Lebanese State Institutions and Palestinian Authorities in Shabriha Gathering, South Lebanon by Nora Stel
I would also like to thank my supervisors, Prof. Dr. Naudé, Prof. Dr. Frerks and Dr. Van der Molen for their support and advice. I am grateful to the Hendrik Muller Fonds and the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation for awarding me grants for the fieldwork underlying this working paper. Thanks also go to Sima Ghaddar, whose rigorous editing has been invaluable. Most importantly, I am tremendously...

أصدرت مؤسسة أبعاد - مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين ومؤسسة الرؤية العالمية في لبنان دراسة بعنوان "إتجاهات متغايرة ... والحصيلة واحدة": دراسة ميدانية لرصد مواقف وإتجاهات النساء والرجال تجاه حقوق النساء في لبنان. حول الدراسة:جاءت هذه الدراسة لترصد معرفة النساء والرجال المشاركين/ات في سياقها بجموعة من الحقوق التي تُمارس بمعظمها ضمن النطاق الأسري، والتي تتمثل بقضايا المساواة بين الجنسين، العنف ضد النساء وأشكاله، وإحترام النساء وإرادتهن ضمن سياق العلاقة الزوجية (الإغتصاب الزوجي)، والمساواة بين الجنسين في حق المواطنة وحق النساء المسنّات في التمتع بملكيتهن.تمكنت الدراسة من كشف طبيعة مستويات معرفة...

“Varying Perceptions, One Outcome: Field study monitoring the attitudes and perceptions of women and men towards women’s rights in Lebanon” is a study published in April 2014 by World Vision in Lebanon and ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality. About the Study:The study was designed to monitor the knowledge of women and men participants on a range of rights that are mostly practiced within the family; and which is represented through the issues of gender equality, violence against women and its forms, respect for women and their will within marital relationships (marital rape), gender...

During the current conflict in Syria, Lebanon has borne the brunt of a severe refugee crisis. As the conflict in Syria rages and takes on new dimensions the number of Syrian refugees flowing into Lebanon continues to rise.

Working Paper | November 2013
Employment and Entitlement in the GCC: A World-Systems Analysis of Disrupted Development by Michael Coulom
Much has been written about the ingenuity of the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, from their physical and economic growth since the 1970s, to their political weathering of the Arab Uprisings that began in 2011, and to their ever-increasing political power in the Arab World. Conversely, human rights groups have criticized the GCC for human rights abuses, particularly in regard to migrant workers and enforcing international labor laws. Development in the...

Working Paper | November 2013
India’s Iran Policy: Between US Primacy and Regionalism
India shifted to the side of US primacy in 2004, but since then its foreign policy has shifted once more to the middle. Sitting with a senior Indian diplomat, I mentioned that India seemed to be caught between two stools, US primacy and regionalism. “That’s an apt image,” he said, “except we have not fallen between the stools.” Things are more fraught now, and less clear. Talk of the peace pipeline and of linkages with Iran returned to the agenda after 2004. As US power enters a period of decline as a result...

UNDP Strengthening Civil Peace in Lebanon Project has been supporting the process of the establishment of a national civil society platform on civil peace since 2011, consisting of 10 national organizations,taking into account past experiences and emerging lessons learnt.

2012 ورقة عمل |  تشرين الأول
​دور مراكز الأبحاث في صناعة القرار السياسات الأردني  | 1989-2010 من إعداد وليد عبد الحي
من الصعب الحكم على دور مراكز الدراسات في أية دولة دون إدراك البيئة العامة التي تعمل فيها هذه المراكز،إذ تتشابك نشاطات هذه المراكز مع حركة المجتمع في مختلف جوانبها، ومع الحكومة في مختلف قراراتها، ومع القوى الإجتماعية المنظمة في مجتمع مدني من أحزاب وغيرها، كما أنها غير منفصلة عن انعكاسات بيئتها الإقليمية والدولية 
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By Ibtikar Research & Consulting, s.a.l. Sonya Knox, Leila Zakharia, Ilina Srour September 8, 2012 Executive Summary The “Market Study in Saida: Creative entry points to the job market” presents findings triangulated from a comprehensive literature review of all available data, a quantitative market survey of 47 institutions in Saida assessing market demand, and qualitative research with 78 women (Palestinian and Iraqi refugees and Lebanese women at risk) and key stakeholders assessing market supply. The literature review brings together data and analysis from UN and governmental agencies and...

Working Paper | September 2012
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL): International Justice Dissected by Omar Nashabe
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) was created by the UN Security Council in 2007 to prosecute those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and others in 2005. It has been controversial since its inception, with supporters claiming its very creation would ensure impunity. This paper offers a critique of the history, structure and procedures of the international criminal investigation and the establishment of the STL. Its central...

Summary of Paper Produced as Part of the  AUB Tobacco Control Research Group - April 2010 The Economics of Tobacco in Lebanon: An Estimation of the Social Costs of Tobacco Consumption (Executive Summary) Jad Chaaban, Nadia Naamani, and Nisreen Salti Tobacco Control is currently being implemented in various countries worldwide, as a result of the direct effect of tobacco smoking on health. Lebanon has several pending laws for tobacco control however none is yet ratified and implemented. This paper aims to understand the Lebanese tobacco market and assess whether this market creates an overall...

Paper Produced as Part of the AUB Tobacco Control Research Group | April 2010 The Economics of Tobacco in Lebanon: An Estimation of the Social Costs of Tobacco Consumption (Full Report)Jad Chaaban, Nadia Naamani, and Nisreen Salti Tobacco Control is currently being implemented in various countries worldwide. This is a result of the direct effect of tobacco smoking on health. Broadly speaking, Tobacco Control entails a ban on tobacco advertising both below and above the line,1 a ban on smoking in public areas, an increase in the tax on cigarette packs, and the placement of health warnings on...

 نتائج رئيسية لبحث لفريق البحث للحد من التدخين في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت | أب 2009 (كلفة التدخين على لبنان: أرقام تقديرية للآثار الأقتصادية لإستهلاك التبغ (نتائج رئيسيةجاد شعبانو ناديا نعماني و نسرين سلطي

مذكرات للباحثين وصناع القرار #1 | آب 2009 كيف تعيق شركات صناعة التبغ العالمية سياسات مكافحة التدخين في لبنانريما نقّاش مازال لبنان يعتبر أحد أضعف البلاد في الملنطقة  فيما يتعلق بالحد من التدخين، على الرغم من تصديقه على إتفاقية ”منظمة الصحة العاملية“ بشأن "مكافحة التبغ" في عام 2005 .وقد فشل لبنان في محاولاته العديدة بتقديم سياسة وطنية لمكافحة التدخين في الأماكن العامة. وحظر الاعلان والرعاية. ووضع تحذيرات تصويرية صحية قوية على منتاجات التبغ .بشكل تدخل شركات صناعة التبغ الحاجز الأكبر في عملية وضع حسياسة للحد من التدخين    

لمحة موجزة عن بحث لفريق البحث للحد من التدخين في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت | آب 2009 لمحة موجزة عن سوق التبغ اللبنانيجاد شعبانو ناديا نعماني و نسرين سلطي يجري حاليا تنفيذ مكافحة التدخين في مختلف بلدان العالم، وذلك نتيجة للتأثير المباشر لتدخين التبغ على الصحة. وفي لبنان عدد من القوانين المعلّقة المرتبطة بمكافحة التدخين ولكن لم يتم تصديق وتنفيذ أي منها بعد. تهدف هذه الورقة إلى فهم سوق التبغ اللبنانية وتقييم ما إذا كانت هذه السوق تخلق إيرادات أو تكاليف للإقتصاد اللبناني. وهذا من شأنه أن يقدّم معلومات قيمة للمناظرة التشريعية القائمة حول إقرار قانون جديد لمكافحة التدخين، كما انه يطلع صانعي...

A series of publications entitled "Assessing the MDG process in the Arab Region".

This brochure elaborates on the achievements of the UNDP’s 4 portfolios in Lebanon: Democratic Governance, Poverty & Social Development, Environment & Energy, and Crisis Prevention & Recovery.