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Passengers before going through security checks at Beirut's airport. (AFP/Alarabiya)
Samer Talhouk

Rethinking the role of remittances inflows in the Lebanese Economy

While economic research proved that remittances ease poverty, most studies failed to establish a causal relationship between them and economic growth. 
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Lebanon's Central Bank (Bamque Du Liban) has taken several steps over the years in its attempts at stabilizing the economy.
Jamil Chaya

Breaking Down Banque du Liban’s Financial Engineering

While the Central Bank's operations were an ingenious approach to the problems at hand in Lebanon, they are only temporary solutions that give policy-makers more time to address the country’s problems.
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Beirut Today

Why Lebanon Should Invest in Women’s Labor Force Participation

Arab leaders continue to overlook one structural reform that would undoubtedly strengthen their economies: the full integration of women in the labor force.
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Mariam and her family, refugees in Lebanon. (Mercy Corps | Corinna Robbins)
Cynthia Saghir

Propagating a Hostile Narrative towards Syrian refugees is more harmful than helpful to the Lebanese economy

Lebanese politicians have taken Syrian refugees as the scapegoat for all the political, economic, social & environmental turmoil that predate their arrival. 
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the presidential palace in Baabda after the fomation of the new government in January 2019. (AP/Hussein Malla)
Ali Chalak

People’s Budget: On The Separation of Politics from Economics and Wealth Production

The condition that Lebanon falls into is a product of a historical process that separated politics from economics through bureaucracy and technocracy.
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Ali Nour

Lebanese Public Debt: Alternatives do Exist

Lebanese citizens don’t need more numbers to realise the extent to which this debt is exhausting the treasury, public finances, and the economic system.
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Jad Chaaban

Lebanon Needs A Budget For Its People, Not Its Ruling Class

The ruling class, which has been in power for almost 30 years, is collectively responsible for the economy’s dire state of affairs. It should bear the costs of reforms and spare ordinary citizens.
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Sensio Air device, submarine-shaped.
Reem Kheireddine

Sensio Air: Smart asthma & allergy tracker success story from Lebanon

The device can provide you with tailored advice to improve your health and eliminate allergy symptoms.
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Turkish powerships would provide a quick and less costly solution to the Lebanese electricity crisis. (Wisdom Events)
Mounir Rached

Buying electricity from Turkish ships would quickly solve Lebanon’s crisis

Purchasing electricity from Turkish ships would solve Lebanon's crisis by quickly generating more energy, saving billions of dollars, and leading to significant economic growth.
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Talä

Children Undefined: Government shortcomings threaten orphanage in Lebanon

With 175 children to support, the Arab Orphan Home Association orphanage tries to compensate for the government’s shortcomings in supporting the economically marginalised.
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Render showing the Beirut River project site.
Laudy Issa

Student project can transform Beirut River into a public park

Students want to transform Beirut River into a shared, open space. At the heart of it all? A functional, translucent tube and a green tower.
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The newly-formed Lebanese Cabinet pose with President Michel Aoun.
Kareem Chehayeb

The new Lebanese Cabinet and the economic reforms we should worry about

Lebanon’s new Cabinet was recently formed, but does that mean enough reform to bring sensible economic policy and quality services?
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