Agriculture Input Producers Support
The call for agricultural input producers is open! Are you locally producing fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, irrigation tools, or other agricultural inputs that play a crucial role in the vegetables, wheat, and cereals production? Do these inputs have a potential to...
BASATINE – Bolstering Agriculture Systems
Mercy Corps launches BASATINE, a four-year programme aiming to sustain the capacity of Lebanese agriculture to produce food for the local market, create and maintain jobs, generate social cohesion between host communities and refugees, as well as promote gender...
Effects of the Ukraine conflict on Lebanon’s economic and humanitarian crisis – one year on
The Ukraine conflict had a significant ripple effect on economies around the world, driving a spike in commodity prices in the months following the invasion and exacerbating existing economic challenges in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact of commodity...
January Crisis Update
Key Takeaways: The Lebanese Pound (LBP) depreciated to a low of LBP 63,500 per USD 1 on January 26. Acute LBP depreciation in the second half of January was accompanied by an increase in LBP money supply and Central Bank-mandated limits on Sayrafa platform...
December Crisis Update
Key Takeaways: The Lebanese pound (LBP) parallel market exchange rate depreciated to a record low of LBP 47,800 per 1 US dollar (USD) by December 26, largely due to an increase in money supply in December. The exchange rate sharply appreciated on December 27, when the...
November Crisis Update
Key Takeaways: The Lebanese pound (LBP) parallel market exchange rate depreciated to a record low of LBP 41,500 per 1 US dollar (USD) by the end of November. LBP depreciation in November was in large part due to a significant increase in money supply in September and...
Understanding the limitations of remittances
as an informal social safety net in Lebanon
Remittances and other diaspora inflows have long played an important role in Lebanon’s economy, bringing in an average of 7.15 billion US Dollars (USD) each year, over the past 10 years. The collapse of Lebanon’s economy, driven by the economic and fiscal crisis of...
October Crisis Update
Key Takeaways: President Michel Aoun’s six-year term ended on October 31, after the parliament failed to elect his successor, despite holding four electoral sessions in October. Established parties have not signaled that they will soon agree on a so-called “consensus...
Profiling Economically Vulnerable Households in Lebanon
As humanitarian actors continue to seek ways to better target assistance in the context of rising needs in Lebanon, there is an ongoing need for nuanced and innovative data analysis across the variety of datasets produced by humanitarian and other actors in Lebanon....
September Crisis Update
Key Takeaways: The first parliamentary session to vote for a new president ended without success, raising concerns over ongoing political deadlock and the impact it could have on a potential economic recovery. The parliament passed the long-awaited 2022 budget,...
