Reform of Lebanon's pension system is indispensable. The country already faces fiscal sustainability risks, which will … demographics. In addition to sustainability issues, the pension system also suffers from equity shortcomings-Lebanon is the only …

Macroeconomic analysis in Lebanon presents a distinct challenge. For example, long delays in the publication of GDP … familiar and well suited to the challenging features of Lebanon's data …

This paper seeks to understand how interest rates are formed in Lebanon, by focusing on the pass-through from benchmark … dollarization. We find that international interest rates are an important element in the determination of interest rates in Lebanon … investor base. The study also shows that interest rates in Lebanon are affected by liquidity conditions as well as perceived …

This paper applies a simple probabilistic approach to debt sustainability analysis to the case of Lebanon. The paper …

This paper addresses the issue of the appropriate exchange rate regimes for Jordan and Lebanon in the context of the … economy. It presents some empirical results on the nature of output shocks in Jordan and Lebanon in the recent past, on the …

Lebanon is expected to have gas resources in its Mediterranean basin, and these could turn the country into a natural … gas producer over the next decade. Lebanon’s economy and institutions will thus need to adapt to the challenges and … opportunities that such change will bring. In this paper, we address how Lebanon’s fiscal framework will need to be reformulated to …