138 research outputs found
Is the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Policy Successful in Sustaining Rural Employment?
No full textThis paper seeks to establish whether public agro-food interventions like food quality labels contribute or not to the promotion of rural employment. To this end, the paper uses original longitudinal firm and plant level datasets on the French cheese industry to assess the impact of the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) label on rural employment. The data is used to test the impact of the PDO label on equilibrium market structure in the downstream cheese processing segment, and to establish backward linkages this segment has on upstream plant-level employment and the number of dairy farmers. Our results show that the PDO label has increased the equilibrium number of firms at the national level, because the introduction of this label has created market segmentation which reduced barriers to entry. In turn, this higher number of cheese firms resulted in more employment in dairy farms and processing plants at the district level. However, the PDO label exerts pressure on farmers to abide by strict production techniques, which may cause exit due to cost increases. Yet our estimates show that the employment benefits of this label outweigh the potential losses it might create due to its product specification stringency.Market Structure, Protected Designation of Origin, Rural Employment, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Labor and Human Capital,
Jeffrey G. Williamson, Trade and poverty: when the third world fell behind, Cambridge, MIT Press, 2011
No full textChaaban Jad. Jeffrey G. Williamson, Trade and poverty: when the third world fell behind, Cambridge, MIT Press, 2011. In: Revue d’études en Agriculture et Environnement, Vol. 93, N°4, 2012. pp. 443-444
Impacts of agro-food cooperatives on agribusiness in Northern Bekaa area - by Jad Rakan Dandache
No full textThesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, 2009.;"Advisor : Dr. Jad Chaaban, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Sciences--Member of Committee : Dr. Nadim Farajalla, Associate Professor, Landscape Design and Ecosystem ManaBibliography : leaves 45-48.Human beings as social entities cannot solve their problems and provide their ow n needs without collaboration among themselves. Cooperation is a choice taken in order to fulfil their daily activities for obtaining a secure and sustained liv elihood. Coo
Cash Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability for Syrian Refugees, 2018-19, Wave 3 [Survey Documentation]
No full textTrained data collectors asked questions of household respondents in Arabic
Options for emissions reduction from power plants: An economic evaluation
No full textThe electric power sector is regarded globally as the major contributor to local air quality degradation and to global environmental impacts such as acid rain and greenhouse phenomenon. Several mitigation technologies are available to reduce the different emissions, mainly sulfur dioxide, from power plants. The most pronounced ones are switching to low-sulfur fuel oil, filtering stack emissions using flue gas desulfurization systems, and shifting to natural gas as an alternative fuel for thermal power plants. The objective of this paper is to present an economic model that can be used for evaluating and comparing the three alternatives under consideration, so as to determine the most economically feasible option taking into account various cost parameters. This evaluation will incorporate assessment on the environmental damages caused by these emissions and an economic model representing uncertainties in different parameters involved. A case study was conducted on an existing power plant including a sensitivity analysis to examine the impact of different parameters with high levels of uncertainty. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.ABBOUD N, 2000, INT J ENVIRON STUD, V57, P225, DOI 10.1080-00207230008711268; Burtraw D, 1997, COSTS BENEFITS REDUC; CHAABAN FB, 2002, WORLD RESOUR REV, V14, P88; Chedid R, 1999, INT J ENERG RES, V23, P303, DOI 10.1002-(SICI)1099-114X(19990325)23:4303::AID-ER4793.0.CO;2-1; Chedid R, 2001, ENERG CONVERS MANAGE, V42, P373, DOI 10.1016-S0196-8904(00)00060-1; Ghaddar N, 1999, APPL ENERG, V63, P53, DOI 10.1016-S0306-2619(99)00018-5; HAFNER M, 1993, TRANSPORT GAZ NATURA; *INT EN AG, 1994, NAT GAS TRANSP PRG R; Jepma Catrinus J., 1998, CLIMATE CHANGE POLIC; LOTT R, NATURAL GAS STRATEGY; Mezher T, 1998, APPL ENERG, V61, P175, DOI 10.1016-S0306-2619(98)00043-9; Park C.S., 1997, CONT ENG EC; TAUD R, 2001, GAB TURBINE POWER PL; *TECHN, 2001, ALT FUL POW NAT GAS; 2001, INT ENERGY OUTLOOK 228191
The economics of tobacco in Lebanon: An estimation of the social costs of tobacco consumption
No full textObjectives: Assess the socioeconomic costs of smoking in Lebanon and understand the tobacco market and identify the winners and losers from the Lebanese tobacco trade. Methods: We take a close look at the market for tobacco and related markets to identify the main stakeholders and estimate the direct costs and benefits of tobacco. We also estimate lower bounds for the costs of tobacco, in terms of lost productivity, the cost of medical treatment, lost production due to premature death, and environmental damage. The paucity of data means our cost estimates are conservative lower bounds and we explicitly list the effects that we are unable to include. Results: We identify the main actors in the tobacco trade: the Régie (the state-owned monopoly which regulates the tobacco trade), tobacco farmers, international tobacco companies, local distributors, retailers, consumers, and advertising firms. We identify as proximate actors the Ministries of Finance and Health, employers, and patients of smoking-related illnesses. In 2008, tobacco trade in Lebanon led to a total social cost of $326.7 million (1.1percent of GDP). Conclusion: Low price tags on imported cigarettes not only increase smoking prevalence, but they also result in a net economic loss. Lebanese policymakers should consider the overall deficit from tobacco trade and implement the guidelines presented in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to at once increase government revenue and reduce government outlays, and save the labor market and the environment substantial costs. © 2014 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.Ammar W., 2009, HLTH POLITICS; [Anonymous], 2007, STAT B; Byblos Bank, 2010, LEB THIS WEEK; Chaaban J, 2010, EC TOBACCO LEBANON E; Chaaban J., 2008, ARE STAKEHOLDERS RAS; Chaaya M, 2004, ADDICT BEHAV, V29, P1821, DOI 10.1016-j.addbeh.2004.04.008; Collins D. J., 2010, SOCIAL COSTS SMOKING; Easton B., 1997, PUBLIC HLTH MONOGRAP, V2; Eriksen M., 2012, TOBACCO ATLAS; Global Burden of Diseases Injuries and Risk Factors Study, 2010, GBD PROF LEB; Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL), 1996, RESTR REG; Lebanese Customs, 2007, TRAD STAT; Lebanese Fire Prevention Committee (LFPC), 2010, EFF FOR FIR; Ministry of Finance, 2010, PUBL FIN REV 2008; Saade G, 2005, PREV MED, V47, pS15; Salti N., 2013, TOBACCO CONTROL; Sibai A. M., 2009, COMMUNICATION; Tiihonen J., BMJ OPEN, V2, DOI [10.1136-bmjopen-2012-001678, DOI 10.1136-BMJ0PEN-2012-001678]; World Bank, 2006, LEB PROD INV CLIM PR; World Bank, 2008, WORLD DEV IND; World Bank, 2010, DEC INC SUPP TOB PRO; World Health Organization, 2013, ENF BANS TOB ADV PRO0
The Impact of Migrant Remittances on School Attendance and Education Attainment: Evidence from Jordan
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The Arab market responsiveness the reaction of the Arab companies to changes in the stock markets - by Sleiman Khaled Zrein
No full textProject (M.A.F.E.)--American University of Beirut, Dept. of Economics, 2007.;"First Reader : Prof. Jad Chaaban, Assistant Professor, Economics--Second Reader : Prof. Nisreen Salti, Assistant Professor, Economics."Bibliography : leaves 98-100.Stock markets must be reflecting the changes happening in the companies. The mai n problem is that Arab companies might be irresponsive to the stock markets chan ges, thus hindering the rationality in investment. This project will examine and test how re
Public Sector Can Reduce Push Factors that Drive Youth Emigration
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Health equity in Lebanon: a microeconomic analysis
No full textAbstract Background The health sector in Lebanon suffers from high levels of spending and is acknowledged to be a source of fiscal waste. Lebanon initiated a series of health sector reforms which aim at containing the fiscal waste caused by high and inefficient public health expenditures. Yet these reforms do not address the issues of health equity in use and coverage of healthcare services, which appear to be acute. This paper takes a closer look at the micro-level inequities in the use of healthcare, in access, in ability to pay, and in some health outcomes. Methods We use data from the 2004/2005 Multi Purpose Survey of Households in Lebanon to conduct health equity analysis, including equity in need, access and outcomes. We briefly describe the data and explain some of its limitations. We examine, in turn, and using standardization techniques, the equity in health care utilization, the impact of catastrophic health payments on household wellbeing, the effect of health payment on household impoverishment, the equity implications of existing health financing methods, and health characteristics by geographical region. Results We find that the incidence of disability decreases steadily across expenditure quintiles, whereas the incidence of chronic disease shows the opposite pattern, which may be an indication of better diagnostics for higher quintiles. The presence of any health-related expenditure is regressive while the magnitude of out-of-pocket expenditures on health is progressive. Spending on health is found to be "normal" and income-elastic. Catastrophic health payments are likelier among disadvantaged groups (in terms of income, geography and gender). However, the cash amounts of catastrophic payments are progressive. Poverty is associated with lower insurance coverage for both private and public insurance. While the insured seem to spend an average of almost LL93,000 ($62) on health a year in excess of the uninsured, they devote a smaller proportion of their expenditures to health. Conclusions The lowest quintiles of expenditures per adult have less of an ability to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare, and yet incur healthcare expenditures more often than the wealthy. They have lower rates of insurance coverage, causing them to spend a larger proportion of their expenditures on health, and further confirming our results on the vulnerability of the bottom quintiles.</p
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