Battered and neglected

by Ramzy el-Amine August 16, 2013

written by Ramzy el-Amine August 16, 2013

It is an exercise in historic futility to ask if Lebanon was at any time in its past or present unaffected by Syria. From the moment the first cracks in Syria’s internal stability opened in 2011, it was clear that Lebanon would have to cope with the repercussions, and while the magnitude of the refugee problem was perhaps underestimated even in the first part of 2012, the first six months of 2013 have left it unmistakable that the region is facing its worst humanitarian disaster in over 50 years. As all humanitarian disasters have a massive economic component, the only question today is how long this economic shock will last. Wael Mansour, economist at the World Bank, says, “We are looking at a potential medium- to long-term development challenge to Lebanon.” Local and international media have focused on the spillover effect on the Lebanese labor market, describing the influx of

Ramzy el-Amine

Ramzy Al-Amine is a Machine Learning Engineer at Mark Cuban Companies developing data-based tools for basketball coaching. Previously, he worked at the IMF's Risk Unit in Washington D.C, where he helped build and operate crisis prediction models for risk management and contingency planning. Ramzy is a graduate of the American University of Beirut and holds an MA in Applied Economics from Georgetown University. His work focuses on predictive modeling, time series forecasting, and statistics. He is interested in topics related to organizational success in the context of macroeconomics and sports

Battered and neglected

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