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May 7, 2024 · BEIRUT, May 7, 2024 – World Bank Managing Director of Operations Anna Bjerde has arrived on a two-day visit to Lebanon to engage with stakeholders on the latest socio-economic developments in the country and reaffirm the World Bank’s strong support to Lebanon at a time of difficulty. She is accompanied by Ousmane Dione, the new Middle East ...
5 days ago · Legislative branch. description: unicameral Lebanese Parliament or Majlis al-Nuwab in Arabic, Chambre des députés in French (128 seats; members directly elected in multi-member constituencies by open list proportional representation vote, apportioned evenly between Christian and Muslims; members serve 4-year terms) elections: last held on 15 May 2022 (next to be held in May 2026) election ...
May 23, 2024 · One of out of every three Lebanese have fallen into poverty in 2022. BEIRUT, May 23, 2024 — Poverty in Lebanon has more than tripled over the past decade reaching 44% of the total population, according to a new World Bank report released today. Based on a recent household survey covering the five governorates of Akkar, Beirut, Bekaa, North ...
May 26, 2024 · About the map. Lebanon on a World Map. Lebanon is located in the Middle East along the Mediterranean Sea. It’s the smallest country in continental Asia and borders just 2 countries. While Israel is located to the south, Syria is to the northeast.
1 day ago · Middle East. Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond. The central part of this general area was formerly called the Near East, a name given to it by some of the first modern Western ...
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May 17, 2024 · Wassim Manssouri, Lebanon’s acting central bank governor, speaks during a press conference at the bank’s headquarters in Beirut on July 31, 2023. (AFP) This was his attempt to establish new rules for monetary dealings between the government and the central bank, to bring fiscal policy back in line with Lebanon’s Code of Money and Credit ...
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1 day ago · Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia. Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology ] [note 1] ) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula , the Levant , Turkey , Egypt , Iran , and Iraq .
