Lebanon : Selected Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.

Series:

IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2017/020

IMF Staff Country Reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Lebanon.

Refugees.

Capital stock.

Lebanon--Economic conditions.

Lebanon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs, tables.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.

Summary:

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon’s economy. Output growth in Lebanon has fallen sharply since the onset of the Syrian crisis and is too low to accommodate new job seekers, or to address the needs of Lebanon’s more vulnerable population. Moreover, low growth is taking a toll on public debt dynamics, raising the prospect of higher borrowing costs and constrained social and investment spending—both are much needed to improve the quality of public spending and direct it toward more useful and productive uses. The authorities have presented an ambitious proposal to the international community, which centers on a multiyear effort to stimulate growth and employment through a targeted series of investment initiatives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 15, 2017).

ISBN:

9781475570861

1475570864

9781475570885

1475570880