HDR - Lebanon

GAR REPORT

National Human Development Report for Lebanon

Beirut, 30 June 2009 - Today, UNDP launches the fourth National Human Development Report for Lebanon – Toward a Citizen's State – which was developed in partnership with the Council for Development and Reconstruction. The elaboration of this report brought together policy makers, intellectuals, activists and academics, representing the social and political diversity of Lebanon.

The report analyzes the political, economic and cultural dimensions of citizenship in the country. First, the report explores the relationship between citizens and the state, its institutions, its constitution and its laws. Second, the report focuses on socioeconomic rights, including rights to education, health and employment, and addresses the issues of poverty and social exclusion. The report includes a gender development index, which measures inequalities between men and women, and a gender empowerment measure, which focuses on women’s opportunities. Both indexes point to considerable gender disparity on all fronts but education. Third, the report looks into the linkages between citizenship, culture and education and explores shared common cultural values as well as cultural differences, and their impact on national identity. Finally, the report presents specific recommendations on how to strengthen citizenship and enhance the role of the state and of civil society.

Lebanon 2008 - 2009,
The National Human Development
Report click here.