Sayrafa Explained: How Lebanon’s Central Bank Quells Unrest by Subsidising Elites

How A Clandestine Plan Is Forcing The Lebanese People To Pay For A Banking Crisis Created By Elites.

Our infographic simplifies the mess by framing the crisis around three crucial problems–infrastructure, politics, and the law–and the consequences that each of these generates. Our hope is that by understanding Lebanon’s messy electricity problems, we can collectively begin to solve them.

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