Economy Minister Amer Bsat (center), talking on March 13 with an IMF delegation. (Credit: Photo provided by the Economy Ministry)
"Lebanon has what it takes" to recover from its crisis and build a globally competitive economy, according to Economy Minister Amer Bsat and economist Ishac Diwan in a report published in early March by the Issam Fares Institute (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB)."The country's competitive advantages have been eroded [by the crisis] and need to be reinforced. But with proper policies, the country possesses what ittakes to have an economy that is globally competitive ... that can create good jobs at home, and that can be managed by a truly modern state," the two economists wrote in the report. Written in 2021, at the instigation of Judge Nawaf Salam, before he became Prime Minister and Amer Bsat joined his cabinet, this report had since remained in the drawers, because of "the deterioration of the political situation in...
"Lebanon has what it takes" to recover from its crisis and build a globally competitive economy, according to Economy Minister Amer Bsat and economist Ishac Diwan in a report published in early March by the Issam Fares Institute (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB)."The country's competitive advantages have been eroded [by the crisis] and need to be reinforced. But with proper policies, the country possesses what ittakes to have an economy that is globally competitive ... that can create good jobs at home, and that can be managed by a truly modern state," the two economists wrote in the report. Written in 2021, at the instigation of Judge Nawaf Salam, before he became Prime Minister and Amer Bsat joined his cabinet, this report had since remained in the drawers, because of "the deterioration of the political situation...