The panel is scheduled for Wednesday, May 25 at 16:00 Beirut time, and will feature contributions from Amer Bisat, Verena El Amil, Lama Fakih, Kim Ghattas and Ziad Majed.

As the country enters treacherous territory, it must prioritize measures that arrest economic and institutional collapse to avert a far worse crisis.

Lebanon’s ad hoc approach to its myriad economic shocks will leave scars that are long-lasting.

As Lebanon begins negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, the two sides will have to find the least painful path to adjustment in the country.

With well over 870,000 confirmed infections and 40,000 deaths worldwide, COVID-19, the disease caused by the fast-spreading new coronavirus, has caused global havoc.

While appearing to do nothing, policymakers are in fact tacitly responding to the crisis.

An independent group of development specialists, economists and finance experts met in Beirut late-December to discuss the ongoing economic crisis and the path forward. This note summarizes the deliberations and puts forth a ten-point action plan meant to arrest the crisis and place the country on a path of sustained recovery.

Since the mass protests in October and the ensuing resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s economic and fiscal crisis has accelerated, with the World Bank forecasting a recession.