Warlord politics and economic clientelism in Lebanon

Sebastian Ille and Dina Mansour-Ille ()
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Dina Mansour-Ille: Royal United Services Institute, London, United Kingdom

Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2021, vol. 16, issue 1, 28-40

Abstract: Since October 2019, Lebanon has been going through a deep economic and financial crisis that drove the country to a political meltdown. Facing a severe recession, high inflation and unemployment, nationwide protests in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion in August 2020 have led to the resignation of Hassan Diab’s cabinet – the second government to resign within the span of a few months. This article studies the interplay of the political, economic, and social factors that led to the current economic and political crisis. We show how warlord politics, and a corporate consociational system have misguided incentives and policies and consolidated a rentier economy that inevitably led to the current situation.

Keywords: Lebanon; post-war economy; civil war; warlord politics; clientelism; crony capitalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 H56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.15355/epsj.16.1.28

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