After three years of intervention by the central bank to sell foreign currency on the domestic market, the Syrian government has decided to back up...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
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Policies in place in Lebanon have pushed the national economy to specialize more and more in serving a rentier regional economy, and made it...
Monday, February 23, 2015
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Lebanese businesses depend on Syrian labor, particularly in the building and construction sector, which currently employs around 350,000 Syrian...
Friday, February 20, 2015
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Black market dealers in Syria have taken control of the foreign exchange market, leading exchange rates to hit record levels. The past few days have...
Monday, February 16, 2015
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One result of the commodification of education, according to former Labor Minister Charbel Nahas, is seeing young people resort to private higher...
Monday, February 16, 2015
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Oil is one of the primary issues in Iraq today, and a main factor in driving its political process. From the southern provinces all the way to the...
Friday, February 6, 2015
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According to its most recent report, entitled, “Plunging Oil Prices,” the World Bank expects lower oil prices to benefit Lebanon’s economy. Thus, the...
Saturday, January 31, 2015
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New shipments of contaminated sugar enter the country every month. It is thought that up to 26 percent of sugar consumed in Lebanon each year (150,...
Thursday, January 29, 2015
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A historic event in the struggle of male and female workers in Lebanon happened on January 25. The founding conference aimed at establishing a “new”...
Monday, January 26, 2015
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