Part of a broader study implemented by the World Bank, this survey was conducted between July and September 1996 with the general objective of assessing the impact of the potential EU-Lebanese Partnership Agreement on the Lebanese economy, and more specifically on the Lebanese industry.

With support from the World Bank, the LCPS executed the field research part of the study which comprised interviewing of 120 different firms in various industries, tabulating the data, and sending them to the World Bank for analysis.

The bulk of the gathered information is related to the following issues:

• Basic data of each firm (year of foundation, ownership, employees, sales..... )
• The entry and exit of firms into the various industries
• Constraints on production and mechanisms of taxation
• Imported versus locally produced raw materials
• Exportation and affiliation to other firms
• Intellectual Property Rights: present versus the potential impact of the enforcement of IPRs on the firms.

The data is the property of the World Bank for whom the survey was conducted.