Packaged for Greed: The Hidden Agendas Behind Lebanon’s Postal Sector Power Grab

For most people there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. In Lebanon the wealthy really only need to worry about the former. The state’s exceptionally weak tax and revenue structures mean the tax burden largely falls upon middle and lower classes – while the wealthy have a multitude of options to avoid paying taxes.

Holding those in power to account will be no simple task, given Lebanon’s notorious culture of impunity in the construction sector.

For decades, Lebanon’s economy has overwhelmingly served the interests of certain economic actors, who preside over widespread monopolies and oligopolies.