Opinion

The Lebanese government at time of this writing has at its disposal several tools, albeit non-financial, that are ready for deployment in the migration to renewable energy (RE). Two are…

Although waste has started to pile up again on the streets due to the fuel crisis and the ensuing logistic difficulties in collection, recycling companies, environmental and activist organizations, including…

Heightening violations In addition to its tragic toll on human lives, the August 4, 2020 Beirut Port explosion intensified existing injustices and threats of permanent displacement to tenants. A survey…

Given the enormous investments needed to bring the Lebanese industry towards sustainable, low-carbon development, the financial sector will have to play a major role in allocating affordable and cheap funding…

Accountability is a fundamental tool for fighting corruption effectively, the formula for success being to make the cost of corruption, through holding the concerned individuals to account, much greater than…

In May 2021, clashes in Palestine took their habitual toll of innocent human lives. After a “ceasefire” agreement was reached with both sides unsurprisingly claiming victory, some establishments responded with…

Lebanon continues to sink into its worst economic and financial crisis since the end of the civil war, witnessing soaring poverty, double-digit unemployment and unprecedented social hardship. Meanwhile, the ongoing…

According to the Pulse of Fintech H2’20, a bi-annual report on global fintech investment trends published by KPMG, overall global fintech funding across mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE)…

Wherever there are funds flowing, there is a risk of corruption. That’s a fact anywhere in the world and international aid, despite its humanitarian intent, is unfortunately no exception. In…

Lebanon’s financial and economic collapse – and failure of the economy’s institutional pillars – present an opportunity to rethink the country’s economic model and raison d’être, repair the causes, and…