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This paper discusses the risk of a renewed civil strife in Lebanon as a result of the Syrian Crisis. It argues that the security situation inside Lebanon could deteriorate due to three interrelated spillover effects stemming from Syria’s ongoing civil war.

This research report provides an overview of the current situation of women's non-governmental organisations throughout Syria.

Working Paper | September 2013
Policy-making in Lebanon: Potential Offshore Oil and Gas Discoveries by Jeremy Arbid
This report follows the conclusion of the thesis research entitled “Policy-making in Lebanon: Potential Offshore Oil and Gas Discoveries” carried out with support from the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, United Nations in the Arab World Program at the American University of Beirut. The research aimed to clarify the inner workings of the policy-making process in Lebanon. Using the multiple streams framework of John Kingdon (2003), the research...

Research Study | January 2013
Effect of Distributed Electric Power Generation on Household Exposure to Airborne Carcinogens in Beirut by Alan Shihadeh, Marc Al Helou, Najat Saliba, Sara Jaber, Nader Alaeddine, Elias Ibrahim,
Zahra Salahieh, Maher Chiit
Due to inadequate power production capacity, EDL has in recent years instituted a rotating power outage regimen in Lebanon. People and businesses have turned to privately-owned diesel generator sets for power during outages. Because these generators are located in dense urban areas, their emissions may significantly increase inhalation exposure...

A menu of options for supporting livelihoods of refugee and host community families.

Constructing market-based livelihood opportunities for refugees and host community families.

Executive Briefing for Analyses of the Construction, Service Sector and Agricultural Labor Systems

The average number of assisted families during the a/m period is 46% of the overall number of families reportedly arrived to DRC North Lebanon operational area (Akkar region).

The average number of assisted families during the a/m period is 35% of the overall number of families reportedly arrived to DRC Bekaa operational area.

This Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) seeks to bring together information from all sources in the region and provide holistic analysis of the overall Syria crisis.

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.

This report points out a number of salient issues that should be further addressed by those concerned with Syrian refugees and their impact on neighboring host countr

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UNHCR’s Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES) is committed to the systematic examination and assessment of UNHCR policies, programmes, projects and practices.

Working Paper | December 2012
The Efficiency of Food Labeling as a Rural Development Policy: The Case of Olive Oil in Lebanon by Jad Chaaban
Several regional products have been very successful as region-based products, such as Saudi Dates, Jordanian Thyme, Syrian Barazi, Egyptian Foul Mdamas, and Lebanese Chick Pea paste (Homos Tahini). These trends of regionbased, Geographic indicator (GI) and governmental labeled products are considered to be an added value to agroindustrial sector, and are highly efficient tactics to increase small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) revenues. However...

Over 57,000 displaced Syrians are receiving protection and assistance in Lebanon through the efforts of the Government of Lebanon and UN and NGO partners.

The current crisis in Syria has been going on for well over a year and the situation remains volatile and is in fact worsening over time.

The study shows that Syrian refugees do constitute a burden on hosting households as well as communities.

Research and Policy Memo #6 | May 2011 2010 Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development on WaterDr Berj Hatjian gives a course at AUB titled, "Environmental Policy Practice in Lebanon". Seven of his students attended the Arab Forum of Environment and Development (AFED) conference and wrote this policy memo. The Arab Forum of Environment and Development (AFED) revealed poor water management across the Arab world, including, but not limited to; a lack of fresh water resources within the Arab world; 13 of the Arab countries are currently some of the world’s most water-scarce...

مذكرات للباحثين وصناع القرار #9 | أيار 2011 سياسات الطاقة المتجددة في دول الخليج: دراسة حالة  “مدينة مصدر” الخالية من الكربون في ابو ظبيدانيال رايش تعتمد دول الخليج اعتماداً كبيراً على تصدير النفط والغاز الطبيعي لانتاج الدخل لميزانياتها الوطنية, فضلا عن المحافظة على إمدادات الطاقة الرخيصة للاستخدام المحلي. ولكن مؤخراً، بدأ بعض القادة في الخليج يبحثون بعيداً عن الوقود الاحفوري التقليدي وبدأوا بالاهتمام بإمكانيات الطاقة المتجددة