International actors’ absence from the rebuilding effort leaves IDPs with nowhere to turn but the Party of God
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Plugged In, Left Out: Lebanon’s Digital Learning Trap
Tech solutions risk worsening inequities at public schools
Lebanon’s Housing Crisis: From Emergency Response to Sustainable Solutions
How homes for the displaced can lay the foundation for a more affordable, equitable, and resilient housing system
Fields of Ruin: Lebanese Farmers’ Scorched Harvest
How the war impacted Lebanon’s food supply chain and how to fix it
Know This Series: Securing Lebanon: The Urgent Need for a Clear Vision Post-Ceasefire
A Generation in Limbo: Redefining Refugee Policy in Lebanon
As the tide of war subsides, Lebanon needs a rights-based solution to govern the Syrian refugee crisis
The Forever Victims: How Racist Israeli Hooligans Became Innocent Lambs
Far-right in both Israel and the Netherlands leverage Amsterdam football violence
No Refuge: Amid War, Scapegoating of Syrians Continues in Lebanon
Lebanese politicians still blame their failures on marginalised refugees
Israel’s War on Journalism: One Year After Issam Abdallah’s Killing, the Silence Must End
The international community’s indifference to this attack has only emboldens Israel’s campaign on media workers
Profit or Protection: The Fallout of Lebanon’s Housing Crisis
Israel’s war has triggered a housing crisis that risks Lebanon’s social stability
Conflict Response to Ongoing Israeli Assault: Safeguarding Citizens and State
Amid Israeli onslaught, Lebanese policymakers must unite against worst-case outcomes
If the Far Right Comes to Power, France’s Syria Policy Could Be Threatened
Anxiety grows in Syrian circles as the National Rally may attain prime minister post
EU Aid to Lebanon: Bribes for Bad Behavior
The manner in which Brussels has meted out €1billion to Lebanon smacks of opportunism and a reward for flouting reforms
Why is Lebanon Facing a Food Crisis?
Lebanon’s Last Chance for Deposit Recovery
Fighting Words: An Analysis of Hezbollah’s Narrative since the War on Gaza
How the Party of God’s narrative has evolved, and what it means.
Redeeming Lifesavings: The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan offers an opportunity for accountability and the redemption of the Lebanese people’s lifesavings.
Lebanon’s New Deposit Recovery Plan
Rescuing What’s Lost: Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan offers a lifeline for Lebanese depositors, aiming to recover and restore funds once deemed lost in the country’s financial turmoil.
Don’t Let It Burn: Lebanon’s Last Chance for a Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
Reckless profiteering and the banking sector’s insolvency demand a bold deposit recovery plan to restore financial integrity in Lebanon.
Pity the nation that enters into an unwinnable war
Lebanon cannot afford a war with no end game, and neither can the world.
Onwards and Upwards? The Lira’s Treacherous Route Ahead
To restore stability and credibility, the government must reform the central bank’s governance, tighten fiscal policy, and ultimately execute a carefully managed float of the lira.
Houses Without Homes: Beirut’s Affordable Housing Crisis
How decades of real estate ‘financialization’ have built a city few can afford to live in.
Fanning the Flames: How Misinformation on Social Media Exacerbates Community Tensions
Social media enhances social connections on digital networks but has also facilitated the rapid dissemination of misinformation.
Crushed Ballot: Ending the Suppression of Lebanon’s Municipalities
Municipalities’ can reshape development and service provision in lebanon, if freed to represent their communities.
Public Disservice: Reforming Lebanon’s Regressive State Institutions
How politicians corrupted the civil service, and why now is the time for change.
Sign of the Times: The information that Tripolitans need to survive
Since the beginning of Lebanon’s financial collapse in 2019, access to information has become more critical than ever.
Red Tape: Syrian and Palestinian Doctors Blocked from Easing Lebanon’s Health Crisis
Displaced doctors could provide relief amid health worker shortages
Rock Bottom: The Tax Reforms Lebanon Has to Have
The government’s inequitable revenue structures can no longer afford to keep burdening the poor while giving a free pass to those with the means to pay their share of taxes.
The Perfect Storm: Lebanon and European Countries Collude to Put Migrants at Risk
As the Lebanese political establishment tries to shift blame for sea migrant deaths, EU pushbacks, blockades, and backroom deals place migrants in greater danger
No More Fun and Games: Saving Lebanon’s Education System Before it’s Too Late
A complete rethink of Lebanon’s education sector could turn crisis into opportunity
Smoke And Mirrors: All that glitters is not (yet) gold with subsidized housing loan
Millions promised in housing funding would leave most vulnerable behind
Sex For The Few: The privileged economy of sex in Lebanon
How economics, state and sectarian forces keep sexual freedom out of reach for most Lebanese.
From Bail-out To Bail-in: Distribution Of Losses And Accountablity In Lebanon’s Financial Plan
Lebanon must transition from a depositor-funded bail-out to a just bail-in, holding those responsible for the financial crisis accountable and ensuring fair loss distribution through international standards and local laws.
Capital Control: Concealing Corruption
Lebanon’s capital control proposal risks entrenching financial corruption by granting banks undue amnesty and empowering a politically biased committee.
High-Stake Blaming: Lebanon scapegoating Syrian refugees for economic crisis
Tensions rise as Lebanon hypes non-existent “plan” to return 15,000 Syrians per month
Faulty Foundations: Bedrock issues with Lebanon’s housing
Lebanese are being forced to live at risk in the name of private property
Stuck In Resilience: Mental health in Lebanon
As mental health problems spike due to the economic crisis, the Beirut Port explosion, and the COVID-19 pandemic – to name but a few – psychiatrists and psychologists are leaving Lebanon in record numbers.
Salvaging Syndicates: How to Defend and Strengthen Lebanon’s Pension Funds
In light of Lebanon’s economic turmoil and pension crisis , how can we safeguard the retirement savings of Lebanese citizens?
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.
Revitalizing Lebanon: A Progressive Socio-Economic Manifesto for Transformation
Exploring Lebanon’s socioeconomic frailties and policy solutions: Confronting rentier capitalism and crafting a fairer future.
Compromised Judiciary: The Struggle for Justice and Human Rights in Lebanon
Understanding Lebanon’s compromised judiciary, the challenges to judicial independence, and the impact on human rights, using two case studies: freedom from torture and the right to own property.
Bolstering Labour Movements: Lessons from Independent Unions in Lebanon
Navigating the legal restrictions and political co-optation of organized labor in Lebanon.
Breaking The Chains: Time For Justice in Lebanon’s Prison System
How Lebanon’s prisoners are abused and exploited as tools to perpetuate clientelism.
Maze of Abuse: Lebanon’s Cynical Violation of Blue Collar Migrants
How and why Lebanon’s non-domestic migrant workers are trapped in a system of labour exploitation.
Get In Gear: Unleashing the Potential of Lebanese Cooperatives
Lebanon’s short-sighted economy has chased profits for the few at the expense of the gener- al public, resulting in almost three quarters of wealth being owned by 10 percent of the population.
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.
Breaking the Bank: Alternative Pathways to Lebanon’s Broken Banking Sector
How credit unions can bring more accountability to Lebanese finance.
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.