Thomas Schellen

Public goods are numerous. In the face of extreme perils, public goods exist to guarantee the very survival of a society. External and internal guardian institutions against invading powers, catastrophes…

The growing impoverishment among the population means the availability of affordable healthcare has become an essential aspect of meeting basic needs today. Primary healthcare centers have emerged as an option…

At the nexus of the Lebanese health system with its numerous components and competing private stakeholders, and as a historic refuge of last resort for those in desperate need of…

The proverbial Lebanese entrepreneur is nothing if not agile and adaptive. She or he is a dealmaker par excellence and almost genetically primed to spot opportunities and seek to exploit…

Lebanon this year did not get off to a great and happy start in policy making. Neither on the micro-level of this small country on the edge of the world’s…

It is much more than a vague, billion-dollar opportunity for growing cannabis. Lebanese agriculture today is a field with many plots whose diversity has already grown when compared with some…

What can illustrate the relationship between the farmer and the banker in this country? To modify an old consultant joke to a Lebanese scenario, let us assume – purely for…

An entrepreneurship ecosystem captures the essence of entrepreneurial energy in a cycle of economic life. For these energies to become manifest and productive, ecosystems need a constant supply of fresh…

Access to finance is a major barrier to the development of infrastructure for the agriculture sector. Much needed Investment in general and agro-specific hard infrastructure along with soft infrastructure is vital for the…

The importance of women-led startups is a no-brainer for entrepreneurial growth in every sector. Executive talks to Mrs. Lara ElKhoury a Program manager at Berytech, Mrs. Angie Meskawi the founder…