For the past 32 years, UNIFIL — the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon — has been a thread in the fabric of life in Lebanon. While most mentions of…
Economics & Policy
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Beirut SE (One month) Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 737.84 > Review period: Closed: April 21 – 1,143.23 Period change: 2.74% A cone-shaped rise and fall on the…
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Insatiable” was not the word to describe the behavior of actors in Middle Eastern primary markets in April 2010. While it appears credible that investors have been hungering after opportunities,…
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IMF estimates for Lebanon According to International Monetary Fund estimates, Lebanon registered the second highest growth rate in the Middle East and North Africa behind Qatar last year. The Fund…
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Economics & Policy
Better corporate governance is crucial to regional growth
by John Martinby John MartinJohn Martin St Valery is a partner at NxD-global Over the last 10 years, corporate governance in the MiddleEast has progressed from being a relatively non-existent business practice tobecoming widely…
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Fueled by demographic growth, urbanization and economic development, the cities of the Gulf Cooperation Council are growing at a rapid rate that is outpacing their current transport infrastructure and services.…
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The proposed tobacco control law being mulled by the Lebanese Parliamentary Administration and Justice Committee has stirred debate between health-minded civil society activists, lobbyists from the tobacco and advertising industries…
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The Lebanese government has developed a habitual pattern of behavior in regards to progressive policy: the idea is lit with good intentions, smoked by vested interests and political squabbling, then…
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Beirut SE (One month) Current year high: 1,200.49 Current year low: 715.49 > Review period: Closed: March 26 – 1,119.09 Period change: 3% The Lebanese bourse was in the volume…
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Public Debt grows though defect slows The latest figures on Lebanon’s gross public debt as Executive went to print, showed an increase of 1.1 percent in January to $51.6 billion,…