Economics & Policy

In discussions of the economy in 2013, one word is ubiquitous — Syria. Lebanon, as the feuding state’s smallest neighbor and the one with the largest number of refugees, has …

Even as Lebanon has recently seen positive developments in its public security frameworks such as the deployment of governmental security in the southern suburbs of Beirut, events around the world, …

Have you lately made any risqué appearances? Given speeches calling for peace with new or old enemies, offered daring toasts about the virtue of national unity, hugged your neighbor from …

Lebanon’s security guards are a common sight, a standard feature of larger businesses and high-end apartments. Although some may seem to do little more than watch the world go by, …

South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, is distant from and very different to Lebanon in practically every respect. The World Bank estimates that the South Sudanese GDP contracted by 56 …

There is a lot of money sitting around in Lebanon and in the region that could be invested in startups. But in a landscape that barely existed just six years …

In a country where businesses often operate along familial lines, with new investments coming from family and friends, Lebanon’s nascent entrepreneurial scene is experiencing some understandable teething problems when it …

Jacques Sarraf is something of a godfather in Lebanese industry. The former head of the Lebanese Association of Industrialists runs Malia Group, which has 1,608 staff across the region — …

Neemat Frem is the president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists and chief executive officer at INDEVCO Group. He spoke to Executive about a forthcoming industrial park, optimism for 2014 …