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Gender quotas and inclusion requirements: are they just a window-dressing tool or a driver of real change?  For decades, the finance industry worldwide has been predominantly male, with Lebanon’s financial …

Sustainable tourism is one important vertical under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8, for achieving decent work and economic growth. While the clock is ticking hazardously for all …

Lebanon is at a defining moment—a fragile economy teetering between recovery and collapse. “People are hopeful now, but the problem is, people are poor,” says Khalid Zeidan, founder and chairman/general …

The beginning of the year can symbolize many things. In general, this date signifies a social ritual of togetherness and hope for improvement. It may indicate belief in the fortuitous …

In the aftermath of Lebanon’s devastating financial and socio-economic crisis, the reconstruction of the banking sector and restoration of macroeconomic stability demand urgent and sophisticated interventions. This crisis, characterized by …

This article is part of ongoing Executive coverage with members of the Lebanese Private Sector Network on sectoral impacts of and responses to the 70-day September 2024 war on Lebanon. …

Executive will be embarking on a collaborative project with LPSN to demonstrate how different sectors of the Lebanese economy are experiencing, managing, and strategizing under conditions of current war vis-a-vis …

The war on Lebanon, while selective and impacting some sectors less than others, has left no sector untouched. Niche businesses in the real economy — those small, specialized enterprises that …

An exploration of mortgage finance opportunities at a time of daily bombings and property destruction seems to be an anything but natural thing to do. Investing into a new home …

Israel’s long-prepared revenge strike against their arch-enemy Hezbollah under a pretext of securing the return of their internally displaced population to the northern holy land, long ago a peaceful area …