Lebanon Bibliography

Bibliography

 

Constitution:

The Lebanese Constitution, available at the following address: http://www.conseilconstitutionnelliban.com/pdf/Lebanese%20constitution.pdf.

Lebanon: Constitutional Law and the Political Rights of Religious Communities, Library of Congress (July 2012), available at the following address: http://www.loc.gov/law/help/lebanon-constitutional-law.php.

 

Legislation:

Decree-law on municipalities No 118 of 1977, available at the following address: http://www.moim.gov.lb/ui/moim/PDF/LoiMunicipalites_versionFr.pdf (FR).

 

Websites:

About NEO, National Employment Office Website, available at the following address: http://www.neo.gov.lb/About-NEO.aspx.

Camp Profiles, UNRWA Lebanon Website, available at the following address: http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=65.

Climate Change, Ministry of Environment Website, available at the following address: http://www.moe.gov.lb/climatechange.

Global RDGE, Lebanon: Government, available at the following address: http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/lebanon/government.

Ministry of Tourism Website, available at the following address: http://www.mot.gov.lb/Ministry/About

The Council for Redevelopment and Reconstruction website, available at the following address: http://www.cdr.gov.lb/eng/profile.asp.

Website of the Lebanese presidency, available at the following address: http://www.presidency.gov.lb/english/Pages/default.aspx.

 

Publications

 

Abi Said, C., 'Electric Energy & Energy Policy in Lebanon', Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (March 2005), pp. 2-17

Atallah, S., 'Decentralization in Lebanon', The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (March 2002), available at the following address: http://www.lcps-lebanon.org/featuredArticle.php?id=6 (EN).

Atallah, S. 'How well is Lebanon fiscally decentralized?', Report prepared and presented to the World Bank-sponsored Mediterranean Development Forum IV (2002), pp. 1-26, available at the following address: http://www.passia.org/goodgov/resources/Lebanon-decentralized.pdf.

Cammett, M., 'Partisan Activism and Access to Welfare in Lebanon', Department of Political Science, Brown University (January 2011), pp. 70-97, available at the following address: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2309683.

Dekmejian, R. H., Patterns of Political Leadership: Egypt, Israel, Lebanon (SUNY Press 1975).

Ekmekji, A., 'Confessionalism and Electoral Reform in Lebanon', The Aspen Institute (July 2012), pp. 1-20, available at the following address: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/pubs/Confessionalism%20and%20Electoral%20Reform%20in%20Lebanon_Final.pdf.

Hamdan, H. A., Ghajar R. F. & Chedid R.B., 'A Simulation Model for Reliability-Based Appraisal of an Energy Policy: The Case of Lebanon', Energy Policy (February 2012), pp. 293-303, available at the following address: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512001516.

Jalabi, R., 'Lebanon's government to postpone elections until November 2014', The Guardian website, available at the following address: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/31/lebanon-elections-postponed-2014 (EN).

Kawar, M. & Tzannatos Z., 'Youth employment in Lebanon: Skilled and jobless', The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (October 2012), pp. 1‑36, available at the following address: http://www.lcps-lebanon.org/publications/1368538726-youth_enemployment.pdf (EN).

Kerr, M. & Hamdan, A., 'Lebanon, the Hybridity of a Confessional State', in J. Loughlin, J. Kincaid & W. Swenden, Routledge Handbook of Regionalism and Federalism (London, Routledge 2013).

Milligan, M., 'How to Slice the Pie: Reforming Lebanon's Electoral Law', Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (May 2012), available at the following address: http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/05/24/how-to-slice-pie-reforming-lebanon-s-electoral-law/awef (EN).

Nahas, C., 'Development Program 2006-2009: Transport Sector', Report prepared for the Council for Development and Reconstruction (2006), available at the following address: http://charbelnahas.org/backup_current/textes/Documents_presentes_PIP/Documents_Programme_Fr_et_En/Volume_2/Transport_eng.pdf

Shadid, A. & Ibrahim A., 'General Takes Office as President of Lebanon', The Washington Post Website (May 2008), available at the following address: http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-05-26/world/36892274_1_michel-suleiman-amchit-lebanon (EN).

Zahar, M., 'Power Sharing in Lebanon: Foreign Protectors, Domestic Peace and Democratic Failure', in Roeder P. & Rothchild D. (eds.) Sustainable Peace. Power and Democracy after Civil Wars, United States of America, (2005), available at the following address: http://www.ciel.usj.edu.lb/observatoire/Communitarian/Power%20Sharing%20in%20Lebanon.pdf.

A Guide to Mathematics and Science Education around the World, TIMSS 2007 Encyclopedia 1 (2007), available at the following address: http://timss.bc.edu/TIMSS2007/PDF/T07_Enc_V1.pdf.

An ILO Post Conflict Decent Work Program for Lebanon, International Labour Organization (September 2006), available at the following address: http://www.rebuildlebanon.gov.lb/images_Gallery/ILO%202006%20report%20on%20Lebanon.pdf.

'Cultural Heritage and Urban Development Project (CHUD): Environmental Training Workshop Executive Summary', Roche Hydrosult JV in Association with Elard (November 2009), available at the following address: http://www.cdr.gov.lb/chud/Jan%2015%202012/Appendix%20L-%20Exec%20Summ_EMP%20wkshp_230410.pdf.

 'Development Reforms in Lebanon: Between concepts of sustainable development and the challenges of war and rehabilitation; A civil society perspective', Arab NGO Network for Development (October 2008)

'Enhancing Capacity for Social Development', United Nations Development Program (February 2013), available at the following address: http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/documents/projects/LBN/PD.pdf.

 'Lebanon: Local Governance in Complex Environments Project Assessment', United Nations Development Program (2010), available at the following address: http://www.undp.org/content/dam/aplaws/publication/en/publications/democratic-governance/dgttf-/lebanon-promotion-of-decentralization-and-local-governance-an-assessment/DGTTF%20Lebanon.pdf.

Lebanon Names Tamam Salam as new prime minister, BBC News (April 2013), available at the following address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22051776.

Lebanon: Palestinians Still Dissatisfied Despite Labour Law Changes, IRIN News (August 201), available at the following address: http://www.irinnews.org/report/90327/lebanon-palestinians-still-dissatisfied-despite-labour-law-changes.

Lebanon's Second National Communication to the UNFCCC, Ministry of Environment (February 2011), available at the following address: http://www.undp.org.lb/communication/publications/downloads/Lb_SNC_final.pdf.

Lebanon: Structure Of Higher Education System, International Association of Universities (2010), available at the following address: http://www.iau-aiu.net/sites/all/files/Lebanon_LB_0.pdf.

Monitoring Municipal Elections, The Lebanese Transparency Association (2011)

 Municipalities (February 2011), available at the following address: http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moim.gov.lb%2FDownload.aspx%3Fidf%3D81&ei=58JoU-CTMbKv7AaYm4GACQ&usg=AFQjCNGh_vgvJT7Sg_egOFv2SBHwto7zow.

'No Refuge: Palestinians in Lebanon', University of Oxford (June 2010), available at the following address: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications/working-papers-folder_contents/RSCworkingpaper64.pdf (EN).

Peering Into the Abyss, The Economist (October 2012), available at the following address: http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21565251-assassination-security-chief-drags-lebanon-closer-syria%E2%80%99s-civil.

'Project Appraisal Document On A Proposed Loan In the Amount Of US$200 Million to the Lebanese Republic For the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project', The World Bank (October 2010), available at the following address: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/12/01/000334955_20101201013140/Rendered/PDF/563410PAD0P1031e0only1910BOX353791B.pdf.

'Republic of Lebanon Country Environmental Analysis', Sustainable Development Department (MNSSD), Middle East and North Africa Region, The World Bank (June 2011)

The Lebanese Electoral System, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (March 2009)

The National Development Strategy of Lebanon, Ministry of Social Affairs (2011)

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