Occasional Papers

Back to the Future: Postwar Reconstruction and Stabilization in Lebanon

By Thomas Helbling, Sena Eken

June 18, 1999

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Thomas Helbling, and Sena Eken. Back to the Future: Postwar Reconstruction and Stabilization in Lebanon, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

Following the 15-year civil war that started in 1975, Lebanon's government began the difficult task of economic stabilization and confidence building, on the one hand, and postwar reconstruction and development, on the other. The government led the reconstruction effort by formulating programs that aimed to rapidly rehabilitate the country's severly damaged infrastructure in preparation for private-sector-led growth over the medium term. At the same time, Lebanon introduced an exchange-rate-based nominal anchor policy to stabilize expectations and cut inflation. This paper analyzes the government's progress with the policies adopted.

Subject: Expenditure, Financial institutions, Government debt management, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration, Treasury bills and bonds

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Banque du Liban, East Africa, Excess return, Exchange rate, Global, Government, Government debt management, IMF staff estimate, Interest differential, Lebanese pound, Maturity structure, Middle East, North Africa, OP, Private sector activity, Service factor, State apparatus, Treasury bills and bonds, U.S. dollar treasury bills

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    111

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 1999/005

  • Stock No:

    S176EA0000000

  • ISBN:

    9781557757845

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365