One of the world’s worst economic collapses, now compounded by the Ukraine crisis: What’s next for Lebanon?

Clemens Breisinger, Nadim Khouri, Joseph W. Glauber and David Laborde Debucquet

Chapter 26 in The Russia-Ukraine conflict and global food security, 2023, pp 135-139 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: A recent World Bank report calls Lebanon’s current crisis “The Great Denial†— referring to an ongoing breakdown of government services, civil society, and the economy.; High food prices and supply disruptions triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war are hitting Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries like Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen hard, partly due their heavy dependence on wheat imports. But in the region, Lebanon — already in the midst of one of the world’s worst economic collapses since the 1850s — is uniquely vulnerable to food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Keywords: shock; policies; war; coronavirus; covid-19; vulnerability; agriculture; markets; economics; trade; coronavirinae; russia; food security; ukraine; conflicts; coronavirus disease; prices; climate change; Lebanon; Western Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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