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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 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

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

This book contains selected documents issued for the World Summit for Social Development held in Geneva in June 2000.