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The government has drawn up a detailed document setting out the gravity of the country’s economic plight and requesting over 10 billion dollars of additional aid from the IMF and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252596
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This came shortly after Prime Minister Hassan Diab addressed the nation, promising a 1.2-trillion-Lebanese pound (400-million-dollar) stimulus plan -- although it was unclear how…
Prospects for Iran in 2022.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265407
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It highlighted how the severe, three-year crisis has been deepened by “a failure to take much needed policy action” and “resistance from vested interests to reforms”. It also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280185
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Salameh, along with his brother Raja, is under investigation in Lebanon and Europe for alleged financial irregularities following Lebanon’s 2019 economic collapse. The economy…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271399
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This is having highly negative economic and social consequences, with problematic implications for long-term growth and stability. The country’s already extreme inequality is…
LEBANON: Chaotic protests and sectarianism will rise
LEBANON: IMF appeal will face political pushback
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES252339
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COVID-19-driven economic turmoil is unlikely to translate into political change