Our in-depth research centres around four focus areas: Economic, Environmental, Social and Policy Advice.
Economic
The Lebanese economy has been unstable since 2019, causing financial distress domestically and internationally with liquidity crises, rampant corruption and a soaring national debt.
Proposals
- Create a national fund to support Small and Medium Enterprises
- Increasing economic transparency and reforming the taxation system
- Engaging further with local businesses and the wider Lebanese diaspora
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Social
With ensuing economic and political instability, Social policy in Lebanon has been fractured. Lebanese communities have been experiencing great upheaval with faltering social security, mistrust of government and increasing desire to emigrate.
Proposals
- Institute a more efficient, equitable, and unified national welfare framework
- Engage with young people to retain talent and potential
- Investigating the feasibility of a Unified Civil Personal Status Law
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Environmental
Environmental stewardship and sustainability are key focuses for Lebanon as we look to provide policy proposals which can bring greater food and water security to our population while striving towards environmental sustainability.
Solution
- Develop a strategy for sustainable water resource management
- Address scarcity, pollution, and infrastructure needs
- Carry out research to shift Lebanon’s waste management from a linear to a circular economy model.
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Policy Advice
Lebanon has experienced great political paralysis since the 2020 Beirut port crisis and subsequent presidential election between 2022-25. Governance is opaque and corruption continues to afflict a functioning public sector.
Solution
- Increase governmental transparency and efficiency
- Empower local governments and foster citizen participation
- Institute widespread public sector reform
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