This report explores the impact of transport infrastructure and service availability and efficiency on the connectivity – the state of being connected – of GVCs.
This study explores the role of community-based organizations in preparing for and responding to crisis in Lebanon. While there has been considerable work conducted on preparedness, responsiveness and recovery to crisis in Lebanon, there has been little work so far that focuses on measuring and assessing the capacities, expertise, strengths and weaknesses of local CBOS in preparing and responding to crises. Managers and decisions makers from nine different organizations were interviewed on the overall expertise gained in past conflicts since the civil war as well as their current level of...
This report presents qualitative data collected by ICTJ on how individuals in Greater Beirut talk about the Lebanon wars and the need for truth, justice, and an end to violence in their country.
This report compiles information on hundreds of incidents of serious human rights violations that occurred in Lebanon from 1975 to 2008, including mass killings, enforced disappearances, assassinations, forced displacement, and the shelling of civilian areas.
The report looks at different technologies related to the power, transport, agriculture and water sectors in Lebanon and assess their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience to climate change.
The report provides an overview of Lebanon’s greenhouse gas emissions per sector, and analyses the impacts of the country’s projected climatic changes on several economic, social and environmental sectors.
Why would a reference book addressing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of different sizes, interests, and functions begin with a discussion on development?
A simple answer to this very relevant question is that development is the ultimate aim and objective that underlies the work of each and every NGO, association, trade union, and civil society institution. In other words, development is a common ground for all these organizations, as well as the long-term goal that enables them to broaden their range of activities, to cooperate with others, and to expand their scope from the local to...
