Lebanon: Technical Assistance Report-Government Personnel Spending: Scoping a Medium-Term Spending Envelope
Technical Assistance Reports, March 20, 2026
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Bibliographic details
- Published: March 20, 2026
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229041836.019
Summary findings
- This public sector pay mission scoped the available data and presents an indicative baseline and scenarios for reform.
- There is limited room for major increases in personnel spending and careful prioritization is needed.
- If implemented in 2025, adjustments to pension benefits, expanded military and security sector recruitment, and a higher minimum wage for commercial public institutions would leave limited space, over the forecast horizon, for significant across-the-board increases in real wages.
Scenarios and baseline
- The report presents an indicative baseline and scenarios for reform based on the scoped data.
- Scenario elements explicitly mentioned:
- adjustments to pension benefits (if implemented in 2025)
- expanded military and security sector recruitment (if implemented in 2025)
- a higher minimum wage for commercial public institutions (if implemented in 2025)
- Aggregate outcome stated: limited space, over the forecast horizon, for significant across-the-board increases in real wages.
Policy implications and recommendations
- Careful prioritization of personnel spending is needed given limited fiscal space.
- Reforms that are implemented in 2025 (pension adjustments, expanded recruitment in the military and security sector, and higher minimum wages for commercial public institutions) materially affect the available room for broader real wage increases over the forecast horizon.
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