Economy and Finance

How to Approach Banks: A guide for Lebanese Entrepreneurs

2000 - FINB/00/2

Comment approcher les banques – Guide pour les entrepreneurs libanais

2000 - FINB/00/3

Lebanon: Implementation of a Value Added Tax: Plan of Work and Breakdown of Activities

2000 - FIN/00/3

1. Objectives 2. List of Activities 3. Description of Activities 4. Plan of Work 5. Proposed Structure for the Development Unit

Lebanon: Country and Market Update 2000

2000 - FIN/00/4 - Audi Bank

Preface Basic Data The Political System General Investment Framework The Lebanese Economy Reconstruction and Infrastructure The Banking Sector Lebanon’s Capital Markets The Treasury Bill Market The Stock Market The Bond Market Major Correspondents Addresses

Progress Report for 1999 and 2000

2000 - FIN/00/5

1. Introduction 2. Economic and Other Technical Support 2.1. Eurobonds 2.2. Interaction with Rating Agencies 2.3. Research, Statistics , and Financial Analysis 2.4. Legal Support 2.5. Information Distribution 2.6. Accession to Euro-Mediterranean Agreement 2.7. International Monetary Fund Surveillance Missions 2.8. Relationship with the World Bank Group 2.9. Coordinating Technical Assistance 2...

The Macro-Economic Situation in Lebanon

2000 - ECO/f00/1

Section 1: Introduction to the Macro-economic Situation in Lebanon A. Introduction to the Macro Situation and the Expected Welfare Impact B. Lebanese Private Sector: Institutional and Structural Obstacles Section 1.2: Introduction to the Euro-Med Agreements A. Major Provisions of the Euro-Med Agreement B. Rights of Establishment and the Rules of Origin Section 2: Assessment of the Arab...

The Impact of the Association with the European Union on Lebanon: Executive Summary

2000 - ECO/f00/2 - Delphine Compain – Joey Galeb – Jean-Yves Moisseron – Sean Holly – Jean-Marc Philip – Alban Thomas

1. The Association Agreement and the Macro-economic environment 1.1. Introduction 1.2. The Agreement Association between Lebanon and the EU 2. The Sectoral Approach 2.1. The Service Sector 2.2. The Agricultural Sector 2.3. The Industrial Sector 3. A Global Modeling Approach 3.1. Overview of the Analysis 3.2. Summary of the Major Results General Conclusion

Impact of the Association Agreement between Lebanon and the European Union: Methodological Description of a Computable General Equilibrium Model: Preliminary Report

2000 - ECO/f00/3 - Jean-Marc Philip

1. Introduction 2. Field of Analysis for the Framework of the CGE Model 2.1. The Statistical Data 2.2.The Data Related to the Impact Analysis 3. The Modeling Approach 3.1. The Choice of the Model 3.2. Theoretical Description of a CGE Model 3.3. Comparison with Econometric Models 4. The CGE Model for Lebanon 4.1. The Description of the CGE Model 4.2. The limitations of the Results 4.3. The...