This report is the result of a joint effort by UNDP and UN-HABITAT to gain a better understanding of the various dynamics governing access to basic urban services in the Adjacent Areas of Palestine Refugee Camps in Lebanon.
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.
This study is issued by the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union in 2011.
Objective of the report:
Launch discussion around social inclusion of children with disability in Lebanon and promote the inclusion criteria in accordance with related general policies in Lebanon.
A- Introduction
As a result of the outbreak of a violent conflict between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the armed group Fateh El Islam in Naher el Bared Camp (NBC) on May 20th, 2007, more than five thousand families residing in the camp found themselves displaced. Although the conflict affected the whole of the country, it’s most significant repercussions and impact were mainly focused on the lives and livelihoods of the NBC camp and its surrounding villages, especially that the communities at NBC and the surrounding areas lack the basic safety-net infrastructure and face harsh economic...
IFI Report | January 2011
The National Economic, Environment and Development Studies (NEEDS) for Climate Change Project (Final Report) Lebanon Nadim Farajalla, Marcus Marktanner, Leila Dagher, and Philippe Zgheib
Climate change has become an accepted reality. Its impacts have been recorded and documented throughout the world. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in Belgium has recorded 39 climatologic disasters1 for Western Asia since 1969. Twelve disasters were recorded in the year 2000 alone. The majority of these disasters were droughts (16), followed by extreme...
UNDP, through the CEDRO project, and the Ministry of Energy & Water published the first version of the "National Wind Atlas of Lebanon" which will create a growing momentum in Lebanon towards strengthening and developing the renewable energy sector in the country.
This report will provide a description of the assessment conducted by IMC’s Mental Health and Psychosocial team in the region of Wadi Khaled following the displacement of Syrians into the northern villages between the Lebanese-Syrian borders as a result of the internal conflic
UNHCR, coordinating the operations in the North along side with the HRC (High Relief Commission) and DRC as its main implementing partner, requested from DRC to conduct a first rapid assessment in the Bekaa with the following objectives: a) To identify existing areas of displa
The State and Trends of the Lebanese Environment report provides an overview of the current condition of natural resources and environmental management in the country. Furthermore, it gives an analysis of past and future developments across multiple different sectors.
This issue of SIF looks briefly at the labour market key indicators and figures available from a number of surveys conducted by the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) in Lebanon in recent years.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of eight specific objectives for enhancing the human condition, including goals of poverty reduction and improvement in education, gender equality, health, and environmental quality among others.
Conflicts, abuses, repression, and human rights violations always leave a bitter taste when proper mourning to achieve personal or communal healing is cutoff by indifference, and politics of amnesia.
Human trafficking and its link to migrant domestic labor in Lebanon is a complex, sensitive, and challenging issue. It raises numerous questions and demands further exploration.
سلسلة أوراق عمل #1 | تشرين الأول 2010
إدارة مخيمات اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في المشرق العربي: حوكمات تبحث عن الشرعيةساري حنفي
"يوما بعد يوم، تصبح كثافة المخيم لا تطاق. يتنامى حجم العائلة الفلسطينية بلا هوادة، يجتاح المهاجرون العراقيون أمكنتنا. لا مساحات خضراء، ولا أماكن للهو الاطفال. نعم هذا مؤلم... على الرغم من ذلك، فأنا أحب أن أكون هنا مع عائلتي وبين الناس الذين أعرفهم. هنا أشعر بالامن." بهذه الكلمات وصف لاجئ فلسطيني من الطبقة الوسطى أجريت معه مقابلة التجربة المتناقضة التي يعيشها في مخيم جرمانا (دمشق)؛ إحساسًا بوضع حضري موجع، وفي الوقت ذاته إحساسًا بالراحة ولانتماء لمجتمع. صحيح أن محيط المخيم...
Working Paper Series #1 | October 2010
Palestinian Refugee Camps in the Arab East: Governmentalities in Search of LegitimacySari Hanafi
“Camp crowdedness becomes unbearable. The size of Palestinian families is increasing relentlessly, and Iraqi migrants are invading our space. There are no green areas, or any playgrounds for kids. Yes this is painful … but nevertheless I like being here amongst my family and people. Here, I feel safe.” This is how one interviewee, a middle class Palestinian refugee, portrayed his paradoxical experience in Jaramana camp, Damascus. He describes its painful urban...
On December 9, 2009, a Lebanese criminal court sentenced a Lebanese woman to 15 days in jail for repeatedly beating Jonalin Malibago, her Filipina maid, three years earlier. Lebanese newspapers hailed the case a landmark victory for the country’s estimated 200,000 migrant domestic workers (MDWs), many of whom report abuse at the hands of their employers. The case illustrated the positive role that the judiciary can play in protecting MDWs, even though the sentence was lenient given the violation. But it also raised at least one significant question: was the Malibago verdict a rare instance of...
IFI Working Paper Series #4 | July 2010
Media Habits of MENA Youth: A Three-Country SurveyJad Melki
This pilot study surveyed 2,744 university and high school students in Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates. It asked about their media consumption and production habits, and about their attitudes towards certain media.
Among the significant findings, the survey found the participants highly adept at using new media. They spent considerable time consuming new and traditional media, but much less time producing media content. For instance, the vast majority of participants indicated...
