Lebanon’s Deepening Cost-of-Living Crisis Raises Fears of Unrest
Lebanon’s worsening cost-of-living crisis and widening poverty are threatening to erase the country’s fragile economic recovery, raising fears of social unrest as inflation accelerates and the fallout from successive wars deepens. Two major rounds of fighting over the past two years have wiped out much of the progress made in restoring economic growth, undermining efforts by the country’s political leadership and government to overcome the financial collapse and revive support from regional and international partners.
