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...
This paper examines the impact of a rise in the Value Added Tax (VAT) on poverty and inequality in Lebanon. It develops an empirical model based on consumer demand theory and uses only household survey data on expenditures and spatial price indexes.
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...
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,
“Moukhtar” booklet provides guidelines for municipality leaders and mayors, on how to effectively implement practices and procedures that would benefit the local community, whether in regular daily activities or in conflict situations.
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
In the framework of “Towards a National Dialogue on Corruption in Lebanon”, the United Nations Development Programme and the Lebanese Transparency Association were able to lay down the foundation of anti-corruption modules as translated into the document entitled “Towards a Na
The popularity of the women’s rights cause and its obvious intrinsic merit have unfortunately generated many facile assumptions and much confusion about the conditions of women in the Middle East and the problems they face
