In the 1960s Lebanon's commercial-banking sector financed imports to Arab countries and drove oil revenues to Western financial markets #Lebanon#bankingsector#GoldenEra -> https://t.co/nEw2Fmsa6p
Scientists say the forests that adorned Lebanon’s mountainous terrain could take a few decades to resemble what they once were, after the October 15th fires in 2019. #EDGEEnviornment#Lebanon Read more: https://t.co/4f5jK6kqGb
EDL’s losses in 2018 exceeded 36% in total, with 4% loss of energy in the transmission network and 34% in the distribution system (of which 21% estimated as non-technical due to weakness in tariff collection). More on: https://t.co/ns5FwoFyJm
#EDGEGovernance#EDL#Lebanon
The shortfall is also partly caused by generation limitation to reduce the fuel bill. #EDGEGovernance#EDL#Lebanon#electricty Read more: https://t.co/5ZOWyzgUUv
The sector does not have a regulatory authority (of qualified impartial members under the protection of an independent judiciary system) to undertake independent oversight and economic regulation. Read more: https://t.co/C4OI2fKzhC #EDGEGovernance#Lebanon
أقفل باب الترشيح للإنتخابات النيابية في لبنان على ٩٧٦ مرشح، من بينهم ١١١ إمرأة، ما يشير إلى إقبال نسائي أكثر من السنين الماضية ويبشر بنسبة أعلى للمقاعد التي سوف تشغرها النساء في البرلمان، مقارنة بالنسبة الحالية والتي هي ٣.١%.
Teaching Women English: One of the most rewarding and successful projects conducted by EDGE for Lebanon, with the support of the @USEMBASSY Beirut through USPEaK #TWE Rawan Yaghi Marguerita M Gharib
Our relentless team on the field working hard with over 25 volunteers to finish the Public Garden @Furn El Chebbek in time for the spring season. @NVSP @WorldBank