This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Samir el Daher contributed a whooping 38 entries.
I – Introduction The sorry state of the power sector in Lebanon has become a major impediment to economic development, putting undue burden on the efficiency and cost structure of Lebanese producers. No less dramatically, it still denies Lebanon’s citizens uninterrupted and affordable power supply. Following numerous studies over the years, technical problems […]
يُعتبر نظام التقاعد في لبنان سخياً جداً بالنسبة لشريحة المستفيدين منه، أي موظفي القطاع العام الذين يشكلون 20% فقط من القوى العاملة في لبنان. غير أن هذا النظام ليس بعادل بالنسبة للقسم الأكبر، أي 80% من القوى الباقية العاملة في القطاع الخاص – من قطاع منظم وغير منظم ، ومعظم المهن الحرة، ناهيك عن العاطلين […]
Lebanon pension system is generous towards the happy few whom it covers: civil service employees accounting for some 20% of the labor force. Yet it is an unfair system that excludes the other 80% consisting of private sector workers – formal and informal employees, and most of the self-employed – let alone the unemployed. Workers […]
Is Lebanon’s fate ever to be the refugee camp for the region?Is the Lebanese people’s sole option to wait for History to repeat itself? As the civil strife in Syria enters its fourth year, the Syrian people remains trapped in a spiral of violence and fear prompting the flight of millions of Syrians towards safer […]
1. هل مُقَدَّرٌ على لبنانَ أن يكونَ أبداً مخيماً إقليمياً لّلاجئين؟وهل على اللبنانيين الإنتظار كَي يُعيدَ التاريخُ نفسَه؟ لقد دَخَلَتْ أحداثُ سوريا عامَها الرابع وشعبُها يُعاني من دوَّامةِ عنفٍ ورعبٍ ودمارٍ دَفَعَت بملايينِ من أبنائِه الى النزوحِ إلى مناطقَ أكثرَ أماناً داخل وطنِهم، او اللجوء إلى بلدانِ الجوارِ ومنها لبنان. وسريعاً ما ولَّى الإعتقادُ السائدُ […]
INTRODUCTION In providing independent opinions to investors as to the credit quality of debt issuers, credit ratings have become important parameters in market acceptance and pricing of debt. Ratings are now viewed as easily usable tools for differentiating credit quality by both individual investors ill-equipped to assess credit risk, and institutional investors often required […]
المقدمة 1 .في كثير من البلدان، تتزايد وتيرة اللامركزية في منظومة المسؤوليات المناطة لتوفيروتمويل الخدمات العامة. وفي الاقتصادات الناشئة والنامية، غالباً ما يعاني الدور الموسع للحكومة المحلية فيتقديم الخدماتمن عدم توفر مواردمالية كافية، بالاضافة الى ضعف القدرات المؤسسيةلا سيما من حيثعدم الكفايةالماليةوالممارسات والإدارةوالمعرفة. وفي هذا الاطار،تستعرض هذه المذكرةمجموعة واسعة منالمؤشرات المرتبطة بوجود نظام مالي سليم […]
In developing and transition economies, the combined effect of decentralization and urbanization has increased demand on local governments to provide and finance public services. Against this background, tight fiscal policies have constrained budgetary transfers from central to local governments. Competing claims for scarce budgetary resources have resulted in large funding gaps for local infrastructure investments. Private capital will be required if local […]
Against a background of fiscal restraint, governments in developing countries have come to realize that private resources must be mobilized to support the growing demand for infrastructure services. One way is through privatizations and concessions for private provision of infrastructure services which are taking place at a growing pace. Decisions for the provision of these services are also being increasingly decentralized with municipalities […]
In many countries, the responsibilities for the provision and financing of public services are being increasingly decentralized. In transition and developing economies, the expanded local government role in service delivery is often hindered by limited financial resources, as well as weak institutional capacity particularly in terms of inadequate financial, practices, management and know-how. In this context, this note reviews the broad range of […]
