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Research and Policy Memo #4 | May 2009 Water Mismanagement Responsible for High Levels of Saline and Chloride in Greater Beirut GroundwaterMark Saadeh Intrusion in the coastal aquifers of Greater Beirut has largely been a direct consequence of decades of water mismanagement – exacerbated by a civil war lasting more than fifteen years, according to Dr Mark Saadeh, consultant to the Litani River Authority. Concurrent urban growth and repeated natural drought conditions have also amplified this phenomenon. Dr. Saadeh presented two lectures at AUB, as part of the Research and Policy Forum on...

Research and Policy Memo #3 | February 2009 Multi-Faceted Mitigation Can Reduce Risk of Complete Collapse of Arab World’s Water, Food, and Land SystemsGeorge J. Nasr Shifts in trade and transport patterns due to global warming may cut off Arab countries from food and water, affecting them more than developed countries. This is only one of many urgent implications of climate change on food, water, and land in the Arab world - as outlined by George Nasr during a lecture at the American University of Beirut. “Cross-border mobilization and immediate investment in research and development would...

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...

IFI Research and Policy Memo #2 | January 2009 Governments Should Practice 'Water Demand Management' to Rescue Region's Water ResourcesHamed Assaf Surging populations and increasing living standards in the Middle East are exacerbating the region’s water problem as countries begin to expect more of scarce and poorly managed water, warned Dr. Hamed Assaf, a professor of water resources engineering at the American University of Beirut. High water demand, negligence of water quality, and over-pumping are more serious threats to the region’s water supply than are the potential impacts of climate...

 2009 مذكرات للباحثين وصناع القرار #2 | كانون الثاني على الحكومات أن تمارس "إدارة الطلب على المياه"  كي تنقذ الموارد المائية للمنطقة من التغير المناخيحامد عساف حذر البروفيسور حامد عساف من تفاقم مشكلة المياه في الشرق الاوسط يوماً بعد يوم، في ظل الزيادات السكانية وازدياد المتطلبات والمستوى المعيشي، مما يعني أنه على دول المنطقة توقع المزيد من الشح وتبعات سوء الإدارة في مواردها المائيةّ وجاء كلام عساف، الدكتور برتبة بروفيسور في هندسة الموارد المائية في الجامعة الاميركية في بيروت، خلال محاضرته التي نظمها معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية 

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...

Research and Policy Memo by Nadim Farajalla, PhD in Environmental Engineering, who is an Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at AUB. The policy adresses climate change and environment in the Arab world, where Dr. Nadim Farajalla talked about in his lecture.  Climate change will impact on at least seven distinct sectors throughout the Middle East, and a coalition of actors in society must work together quickly to minimize the negative consequences that might occur. 

Research and Policy Memo #1 | June 2008 Researchers, Civil Society and Government Must Combine Forces to Offset Climate Change’s Expected Impact on Multiple Sectors in the Arab World  Nadim Farajalla Climate change will impact on at least seven distinct sectors throughout the Middle East, and a coalition of actors in society must work together quickly to minimize the negative consequences that might occur. This was the main theme of a recent lecture by Dr. Nadim Farajalla of the American University of Beirut (AUB), faculty director of the new Research and Policy Forum on Climate Change and the...

This paper reviews the process and outcome of constructing a “rights model of disability” which is culturally specific to Jordan and Lebanon.

The goal of this study is to identify areas of strength and of weaknesses in the current educational environment

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,

Dans le cadre du Projet MEDSTAT Environnement, l’Administration Centrale de la Statistique (ACS) – le point focal des statistiques en général et des statistiques environnementales en particulier – élabore le présent compendium.

A booklet highlighting UNDP's prompt response to the environmental disaster that hit the Lebanese coastline resulting from the air strike on the fuel storage tanks of the Jiyeh power plant.

The objectives of this assessment are to identify and prioritize environmental impacts caused by the July 2006 war, to propose measures to alleviate those impacts rated as significant, and to recommend opportunities for greening the recovery, reconstruction, and reform process

In the coming decades, the world’s rapid urbanization will be one of the greatest challenges to ensuring human welfare and a viable global environment.

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