BUSINESS AND ECONOMY - PUBLIC FINANCE
Eurobond: The road to default
Jul 2020
Rating the ratings, banks were ready for the downgrade
Sep 2019
The lira is resilient - Foreign reserves give grace period for reform
Jan 2019
Anticipated surge in public investment
Mar 2018
Three issues inherited from last year
Feb 2018
$20 billion investments coming next year for infrastructure
Jan 2018
Public sector salary scale is finally upgraded by lawmakers
Aug 2017
Cabinet submits 2017 budget
Apr 2017
Cover story: 20th Anniversary – Struggling with debt
Apr 2017
The proposed 2017 budget
Mar 2017
The impossible remedying of public finance
Aug 2016
IMF: Pension system unsustainable
May 2016
Issues for the 2010 Budget
Jul 2010
There is life after debt: The highest national debt can be reduced
Jun 2009
An equitable redistribution: Tax reforms
Jun 2009
Mega swap successful: The Lebanese Republic launching a voluntary debt exchange offer
Apr 2009
The art of the possible: Discussion of problems with the Minister of Finance
Mar 2009
The Draft Budget for 2009, Reading between the numbers
Feb 2009
Riad Salameh discusses the employed monetary policies against the global crisis
Nov 2008
Interview with the Governor of the Central Bank Riad Salameh
Feb 2007
Paris III conference
Feb 2007
Institute of Finance: Private sector mentality
Dec 2006
Revenues to be generated by the CDR
Jun 2006
World Bank package: Aid conditional on performance
Jan 2006
To acquit or not: The MOF and NSSF fail to agree
Dec 2005
Public finance: balancing the books
Oct 2005
New CDR five-year plan in the making
Jun 2005
Getting to grips with public debt
Oct 2004
Public debt stabilizing at last
Jun 2004
2004 budget says more about politics than economics
Dec 2003
CDR depending on foreign financing for reconstruction
Nov 2003
Privatization, securitization, and the budget deficit
Oct 2003
Has Paris II met expectations?
Jun 2003
Between Paris II and Paris III
Jan 2003
Paris II…$4.3 billion is just the beginning
Dec 2002
Behind the scenes of building the budget
Oct 2002
Government takes bold budget steps
Sep 2002
State salaries, European support
Mar 2002
Budget: 2002: Higher hopes
Mar 2002
Paris II
Feb 2002
Bridging the gap: Budget control
Oct 2001
What proceeds to expect from privatization
Jun 2001
2001 budget
Feb 2001
Cuts in Customs duties
Jan 2001
So far, so good – the new government plan
Dec 2000
Off-budget but on track government spending
Mar 2000
Progress report on the Five-Year Governmental Plan
Feb 2000
Public finance: Making the budget balance
Dec 1999
Public finance: The VATman comet
Nov 1999
Government revenues
Aug 1999
Government bonds
Aug 1999
The five year government plan
Jul 1999
The new budget
Jun 1999
Eurobond: For and against borrowing in Euro
Mar 1999