The European Union has positioned itself as lead guarantor for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, with sanctions and observers in place. But history suggests that dirty electoral tricks will go unpunished.
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Double-Dealing: Financial elites loom over Lebanon’s proposed capital controls
These informal capital controls – which have no basis in law – facilitate rampant discrimination between well-connected elites and most other depositors.
Market Incorrection: New Competition Law Allows Status Quo to Continue
The law, which civil society groups and the international community have demanded for decades, purports to liberate Lebanon’s private sector from control by politically connected cartels.
Fuelling Addiction: How Importers And Politicians Keep Lebanon Hooked On Oil
Eliminating national oil dependence will clear out conflicts of interest.
Risky Business: How Syndicates Exposed Pensions To Lebanon’s Banking Crisis
The urgent need to salvage and reform worker’s retirement schemes.
Plummet or Prosper: The Risks and Potential of Lebanon’s Productive Economy
How farms and factories can make or break Lebanon’s future.
Foreign Legal Pressure Can Corner Lebanon’s Banking Elites
When Lebanon’s financial sector imploded, it was inevitable that the country’s elites would try to shunt those losses onto everyday Lebanese. Over several years, Lebanese bankers had gambled away their customers’ savings, leaving banks unable to meet their debts by October 2019 – if not earlier....
See You In Court: Foreign Legal Pressure Can Corner Lebanon’s Banking Elites
Pathways for Lebanese depositors to force bankers towards a fair deal.
SDRs Only Strengthen Lebanon’s Corrupt Elites
The IMF has allocated Lebanon $1.135 billion in Special Drawing Rights.