Economics & Policy

Just having celebrated its centennial, the Lebanese American University is starting its second century as an institution that is deeply invested in Lebanon’s socioeconomic transformation. A glancing view at the …

Investing in Lebanon’s education system is more urgent than ever, following years of compounding crises that caused a major deterioration in access to learning and forced many families to prioritize …

This is an adapted version of Keynote remarks delivered by Paul Salem on September 24 at the opening of a conference entitled Research in Conflict Settings, hosted by the American …

Lebanon’s End-of-Service Indemnity (EOSI) system—long presented as a pillar of worker protection—has become one of the most pressing and contentious legacies of the country’s economic collapse. Designed to provide employees …

The Lebanese Private Sector Network (LPSN) is a coalition of business leaders, professionals, and organizations committed to safeguard Lebanon’s formal economy and promote sustainable growth. It operates through two main …

For conscientious merchants, panic buying is a menace. Generally, there are few things that individual merchants can do to discourage people from hoarding of essential goods. But when fears over …

The municipal elections of May 2025, in which three out of four geographically determined rounds have been completed by time of this writing, suggest that the country’s mosaic of highly …

Any lender asks a lot from and about their borrowers. The story is familiar to any Lebanese parent who ever needed to take out a loan of a few thousand …

The IMF is the primary publisher of brainy perspectives on the economies of countries, regions, and the world. The latest series of IMF assessments of the global economy –namely The …

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 …