Pathways to Integration
Lebanon and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnerships


Table of Contents

List of Tables
Preface
About the Authors
Acknowledgments

Kamal Shehadi, Introduction


Part I - Lebanon and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: an Evaluation

Chapter 1: Bernard Philippe, Introducing and Evaluating the Partnership

Chapter 2: Nasser Saidi, Lebanon and the E.U. at the Crossroads: An interim Assessment of the Partnership Agreement.

Chapter 3: Alan Winters, Lebanon's Euro-Mediterranean Agreement: Possible Dynamic Benefits

Chapter 4: Ishac Diwan, How Can Lebanon Benefit from the Euro-Mediterranean Initiative.


Part II - Macroeconomic Implications of the Lebanese Euro-Mediterranean Agreement

Chapter 5: Wassim Shahin, International Monetary Coordination Between Lebanon and the EMU: The Convergence Criteria.

Chapter 6: Basil Fuleihan, The Impact of EU Association on Lebanon's Fiscal Position

Chapter 7: Iskandar Moukarbel, Impact of the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union Countries on the Lebanese Economy

Chapter 8: Nohad Baroudi, Partners in Reconstruction


Part III - Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Lebanese Industrial and Agricultural Sectors

Chapter 9: Ghassan Dibeh, The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Agreements and Technology Transfer to Lebanon.

Chapter 10: Ahmad M. Jachi, The Lebanese European Cooperation: Towards Globalization and Economic Integration

Chapter 11: Raffy Semerdjian, Lebanon and Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Industrial Norms and Standards

Chapter 12: Toufic S. Jaber, Agricultural Exports of Lebanon: Comparative Advantage, Prospects, and Strategic Options to Promote Export Development

Chapter 13: Fadi Saab, Competitiveness of the Lebanese Transportation Sector and Resulting Implications stemming from the Proposed Association with the European Union


Part IV - Legal Framework of the Lebanese Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

Chapter 14: Chibli Mallat, Comparative Models of Freedom of Trade: The Hurdle of Lebanese Solo Agency

Chapter 15: Henry Najjar, Legal Obstacles to the Establishment of Lebanese Business in Europe

Chapter 16: Yousef Takla, The Regulatory System for the Investments and Residence of the Europeans in Lebanon

Chapter 17: Toufic Chambour, Legislations and Regulations to Benefit from EU Association: GATS


Part V - Socio Economic and Geo-Strategic Perspective of the Lebanese Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

Chapter 18: Kamal Hamdan, The Socio-Economic Framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in the Shadow of Globalization

Chapter 19: Elie Assaf, Lebanon and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership from a Geo-Strategic Perspective


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