Firas Abi Nassif

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The Trouble with the Creeping Expropriation of Depositors

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

  • +10
  • Firas Abi Nassif
  • Amer Bisat
  • Henri Chaoul
  • Ishac Diwan
  • Nabil Fahed
  • Philippe Jabre
  • Sami Nader
  • May Nasrallah
  • Paul Raphael
  • Jean Riachi
  • Nasser Saidi
  • Kamal Shehadi
  • Maha Yahya
· January 24, 2020
A Citizens’ Initiative for Lebanon
commentary
Road Map to an Orderly Restructuring of Lebanon’s Public Sector Debt

We believe Lebanon’s public debt is unsustainable. We strongly recommend that the Lebanese government commences with a comprehensive restructuring effort to bring down the debt burden to a level the country can afford.

  • +10
  • Firas Abi Nassif
  • Henri Chaoul
  • Ishac Diwan
  • Saeb el Zein
  • Nabil Fahed
  • Philippe Jabre
  • Sami Nader
  • May Nasrallah
  • Paul Raphael
  • Jean Riachi
  • Nasser Saidi
  • Kamal Shehadi
  • Maha Yahya
· January 21, 2020
A Citizens’ Initiative for Lebanon (CIL)
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Lebanon’s Economic Crisis: A Ten Point Action Plan for Avoiding a Lost Decade

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.

  • +19
  • Firas Abi Nassif
  • Edward Asseily
  • Bilal Bazzy
  • Hala Bejani
  • Amer Bisat
  • Henri Chaoul
  • Ishac Diwan
  • Haneen El Sayed
  • Ali El Reda Youssef
  • Saeb el Zein
  • Nabil Fahed
  • Philippe Jabr
  • Sami Nader
  • May Nasrallah
  • Paul Raphael
  • Jean Riachi
  • Nisreen Salti
  • Kamal Shehadi
  • Nasser Saidi
  • Maha Yahya
  • Bassam Yammine
  • Gerard Zouein
· January 6, 2020
A citizen initiative