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Editor’s Note: This article was written before the outbreak of the current conflict in Lebanon and does not include considerations relevant to conflict’s impact on exchange rates and monetary policies. …

Infrastructure is no longer just about steel and concrete. It is increasingly about computation and connectivity. Beyond moving people and goods, today it must move intelligence. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) encompasses …

When I launched Becoming Social in the summer of 2024 in Tripoli, the economic hub of North Lebanon, I knew the odds weren’t in my favor. Tripoli wasn’t exactly known …

Lebanon stands today not only at the edge of economic collapse but also at the center of a profound governance crisis. The financial meltdown that began in 2019 unveiled structural …

Today, one-and-a-half years after the April 2022 staff-level agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Lebanese government, the challenges to implementing the proposed $3 billion deal have become …

Organic farming, a fast-growing industry at the global level, has faced numerous challenges in Lebanon. According to a 2020 EU-led survey on organic ecosystems, these threats and weaknesses have been …

Harnessed energy constitutes the juice of life for industrial and post-industrial, knowledge and information based, economic activity. Crucial for our quality of living, electricity powers, among other things, our refrigerators, …

According to several international studies published by the World Health Organization and Bloomberg, Lebanon’s healthcare was ranked in the top tier class among healthcare systems in the world in both …

The Lebanese national debt, seen in relation to the country’s GDP, has been one of the highest in the world for many years. When the cost of servicing that debt …

The definition of reform in the dictionary is “making changes to something in order to improve it.” [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]It seems the fiscal situation in Lebanon has reached a …