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09.07.22
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Policy brief

Cartels in Infrastructure Procurement: Evidence from Lebanon

Mounir Mahmalat,

Wassim Maktabi

Mounir Mahmalat and Wassim Maktabi study cartels in public infrastructure procurement and analyze the conditions under which they succeed in generating rents Read more
09.01.22
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Article

How do cartels work? Dealmaking at Lebanon’s Council for Development and Reconstruction

Mounir Mahmalat,

Wassim Maktabi

Mounir Mahmalat and Wassim Maktabi share the findings on how political elites use public infrastructure procurement to generate rents with a focus on design and supervision consultants involved in several of The Council of Development and Reconstruction's projects
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08.24.22
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Policy monitor

Lebanon’s discretionary spending favors public sector employees

Cynthia Saghir,

Wassim Maktabi

Cynthia Saghir and Wassim Maktabi echo the need for a rights-based social protection system bound by an orderly fiscal framework Read more
08.16.22
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Article

The Lebanese electoral system: Shortcomings and reform

Georgia Dagher

How does Lebanon’s current electoral law fall short of being representative?
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08.12.22
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Article

Intentions are not enough: Lebanon must adopt the National Social Protection Strategy

Wassim Maktabi,

Sami Zoughaib,

Rania Eghnatious

In light of the country’s accumulating crises, the importance of adopting the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS), the grounds for a rights-based social protection system, has become crucial. Read more
07.21.22
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Article

When elections don’t matter?

Mounir Mahmalat,

Sami Atallah,

Sami Zoughaib,

Wassim Maktabi

With 13 members of parliament linked to the October 19 revolution, how can change materialize in Lebanon?
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07.14.22
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Article

Buying the Narrative: How Lebanese banks exploited the media to influence public opinion

Sami Zoughaib,

Wassim Maktabi,

Sami Atallah

The authors take a closer look at the value of advertisement slots that banks purchased on a yearly basis and their implications Read more
07.13.22
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Article

عربي

Tourism and remittances are not a panacea for Lebanon's financial woes

Hussein Cheaito,

Sami Zoughaib

Hussein Cheaito and Sami Zoughaib take a closer look at the two major sources of foreign capital - remittances and tourism revenues - and how they have contributed to further inequality and non-investment in Lebanon, as the country sinks deeper into the financial and economic crisis Read more

07.13.22
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مقال

eng

خشية من نموذج اقتصادي أكثر تدميراً

حسين شعيتو,

سامي زغيب
07.12.22
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Article

Impoverish and Conquer: How has the Lebanese state responded to the financial crisis?

Wassim Maktabi,

Sami Zoughaib,

Sami Atallah

The authors assess the “response” of government, parliament, central bank, and the judiciary to the financial crisis Read more
06.16.22
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Article

A Collapsing Society: The Urgency of a Social Protection Floor

Georgia Dagher,

Sami Zoughaib

Georgia Dagher and Sami Zoughaib dive deeper into Lebanon's social crisis and the ways forward. Read more
06.08.22
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Article

عربي

Land enclosure in the wake of Lebanon’s multiple crises

Mona Khechen

Senior fellow Mona Khechen discusses the protection of state-owned lands Read more

06.08.22
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مقال

eng

تطويق الأراضي في أعقاب أزمات لبنان المتعددة

منى خشن
05.30.22
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Article

عربي

How deep is Lebanon’s bottomless pit?

Sami Zoughaib,

Wassim Maktabi

05.30.22
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مقال

eng

ما مدى عُمق حفرة لبنان التي لا قعر لها؟

سامي زغيب,

وسيم مكتبي

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