Spotlights on Lebanon

Research reports covering various economic and market sectors in Lebanon

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Middle East Airlines and the Aviation Industry: 2017 in Review

“Economic development worldwide is getting a significant boost from air transport. This wider economic benefit is being generated by increasing connections between cities – enabling the flow of ... read more

Bitcoin: Will it Burst?

For thousand years, physical tokens have been used as means of payment, where a direct exchange of sellers’ goods and buyers’ tokens allows them to achieve an immediate and final settlement. Nonetheless, ... read more

Debt Sustainability Analysis for Lebanon 2017-2022

Lebanon has been through many tough economic times, but none quite like current times. The novelty in the economic slowdown Lebanon has been witnessing since 2011 is most strikingly its prolonged nature. ... read more

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Spotlights on Lebanon
December 1, 2017

Lending Activity in Lebanon: Steady Performance in 2017

In line with the previous years, Lebanese banks preserved their role as buffers against the recurring headwinds of an uncertain economy. As a matter of fact and despite the existing low growth environment, ... read more

World Bank Report: Tech Start Up Ecosystem in Beirut

The World Bank recently released a report entitled “The Tech Start up Ecosystem in Beirut” in which it attempts to portray the status of this budding scene in Lebanon. The World Bank’s findings are based ... read more

BMI Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report 2017

According to the latest Business Monitor International (BMI) report on Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare in Lebanon, the market will register modest growth in the next few years. BMI believes that, among ... read more

Tax Evasion in Lebanon: How Much of a Burden?

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on December 06, 2017, on page 4. Every national government sustains itself by raising money domestically, through taxes, and by ... read more

Financial Results of the Four Largest Listed Lebanese Banks for the First Nine Months of 2017:Sustainable Performance Despite Exceptional Circumstances Still Facing Lebanon and the Region

Net Profit($ mn) ROAcE (%) ROAA(%) Cost-to-Income (%) BLOM 356.93 16.93 1.55 34.37 Audi 341.39* 13.70 1.02 52.91 BoB 151.98 11.99 1.17 44.77 Byblos 114.53 8.41 0.71 53.20 * Does not include ... read more

The Lebanese Coffee Market: A Brewing Success

The traditional Lebanese Coffee is part of the life of Lebanese and Arab coffee drinkers. Sharing it is synonymous to quality time with family or loved ones, to make friends, to be hospitable, to welcome ... read more

Infrastructure Investments essential, overdue

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on October 19, 2017, on page 4. Economic growth in Lebanon has long been associated with growth in real estate, construction and ... read more

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