Breaking The Chains: Time For Justice in Lebanon’s Prison System
How Lebanon’s prisoners are abused and exploited as tools to perpetuate clientelism
Jacob Boswall
Mountain to Mortar: Lebanon’s Concrete Conflicts of Interests
Holding those in power to account will be no simple task, given Lebanon’s notorious culture of impunity in the construction sector
Cleaning Up: The Shady Industries That Exploit Lebanon’s Kafala Workers
This special report investigates the economic interests served by Lebanese recruitment of foreign domestic workers, thousands of whom are hired every year
Unfair Game: Lebanon’s Rigged Markets Are Killing Competition
For decades, Lebanon’s economy has overwhelmingly served the interests of certain economic actors, who preside over widespread monopolies and oligopolies.
Breaking the Bank: Alternative Pathways to Lebanon’s Broken Banking Sector
How credit unions can bring more accountability to Lebanese finance
Lebanon Needs an IMF Bail-Out—Minus the Austerity
We must acknowledge our relative weakness on the international stage as we lower the drawbridge for the IMF.
Shake On It: A Fair IMF Package For Lebanon
Lebanon and the IMF can strike a deal that places the burden of recovery on those who can afford it
Going Hungry: The Empty Plates & Pockets Of Lebanon
The fight to prevent hunger amidst pandemic and recession
Extend and Pretend: Lebanon’s Financial House of Cards
How Lebanon’s politicians and banks constructed a regulated ponzi scheme that ran the country’s economy into the ground.