January 2015

RESIGNED TO FAILURE

IDAL: Just go
It’s time to do away with 10 years of bad governance at IDAL

Water quality: Politics and public health
Haphazard monitoring of water quality does nothing to protect the public

Oil & gas: Take the lead on transparency
In order to have transparency in oil and gas, civil society needs to push the government to adopt the EITI

Shattered dreams
IDAL once offered hope, but today mostly shows dysfunction

Water quality: A dangerous source
Popular neighborhood water distributors are unregulated and unlicensed

Transparency in oil & gas: Not just a pipe dream
Using existing global standards, transparency in Lebanon’s oil and gas sector is possible

Dairies: Land of milk and money
Lebanon’s growing dairy industry faces some teething troubles

Entrepreneurship: Regional accelerators
The region’s accelerators are growing, as are its startup ecosystems

Retail strategy: GS holds the middle ground
Lebanon’s GS looks to expand in a difficult economy

Q&A: Growth on tap for Almaza
Almaza makes the most of a boom in the beer market

Heritage: The story of the Pink House and money
The story of the Pink House

A walk in the park
A peek at parks redesigned and those slated for a facelift

Company bulletin

The EITI: Extracting transparency
Lebanon’s oil industry must not be shrouded in secrecy