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IFI Op-ed #7: Alternative Pathways towards the Education of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

2/15/2019

 
​Hana Addam El-Ghali | Friday, February 15, 2019
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Universal declarations, international agreements, and national laws declare education as a right for all. However, this is not the reality for many children around the world today. Despite dire circumstances children are facing, education remains a right that should be protected by national authorities within a state.

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IFI Op-ed #6: الحاجة لسياسات تمنح الأولوية للقيمة الاجتماعية للأراضي في لبنان

2/8/2019

 
منى فواز ودنيا سلامة | الجمعة ٨ شباط/فبراير٢٠١٩

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هناك إجماع على أن لبنان يعاني من أزمة تتعلّق بالأراضي، لكن لا يوجد وفاق حول أسباب هذا الواقع
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بالنسبة لمطوّري العقارات والمستثمرين، والمصارف الخاصّة التي تموّل مشاريع الإنشاء، والبنك المركزي الذي ينظّم ويحفّز هذا التمويل، تتجسّد هذه الأزمة بتراجع القطاع العقاري، مما يؤدّي حتمًا إلى انهيار اقتصادي، بحسب اعتقادهم. كما يتوقعون أن هبوط أسعار العقارات، سيقود إلى هبوط اللّيرة اللبنانية، بالإضافة إلى ارتفاع معدّلات البطالة والتضخّم والفقر

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IFI Op-ed #5: Lebanon’s Water Resources are Polluted Who’s to Blame? What can be Done?

2/1/2019

 
Nadim Farajalla | Friday, February 1, 2019
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The Litani River is probably the most famous river in Lebanon, and it is currently the only river that is dammed. In recent years it has become the focal point of media attention for the wrong reasons – because of the elevated levels of pollution in the river and the reservoir behind the dam at Qaraoun. The outcry, a very loud one, prompted the government to act and a few years ago, a plan to “clean up” the river costing $733 million was approved by the Finance and Public Works committees in the Lebanese Parliament. How much of that plan has been put into action is unclear; what is very clear though are the current activities of the Litani River Authority (LRA) who has launched a vigilant campaign to halt discharge of untreated effluent into the river and remove infringements on the river’s flood plain, banks, and channel.

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