0:00 Intro
2:00 Last Chance for Serious Reform
10:23 Affecting Change in Lebanon
18:36 Early 1990s
25:21 Real Possibility for Breakdown
32:15 Can Anything Else Be Done?
37:58 External Players & Reform
45:37 Persistent Pressure
We're with Alia Moubayed and Jessica Obeid for Episode 2143 of The Beirut Banyan.
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We discuss key components necessary for reform and compare the current political and economic crisis to the early 1990s as Lebanon emerged from civil war.
We examine the geo-economic factors related to unlocking CEDRE funds and a potential IMF bailout. We also talk about the survivability of the political class and whether - in the long run - time is on Lebanon's side.
Alia Moubayed is an economist and Jessica Obeid is an energy consultant.
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Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.
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