Lebanese Economic Association

Mission Statement

LEA is a non-profit, non-partisan professional association that aims to spread and enhance the economics culture and methodology in Lebanon, with a view to adding value to the public policy debate.

Objectives

 1  Facilitate and promote the exchange of economics research on Lebanon among professional economists, and with the broader public (students, NGOs, Government institutions)

 2  Foster closer links among academic and non-academic institutions and professionals that are concerned with economic policy issues in Lebanon

 3  Cooperate with international economist associations

Partner Institutions

LEA seeks to partner with Lebanese and foreign institutions to pursue its mission. Currently, LEA is partnering with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on a research project on economic liberalization in Lebanon. .

Founding Members

• Dr. Jad Chaaban, President


• Dr. Mounir Rached, vice-president


• Mr. Pierre Madani, Treasurer


• Dr. Nisreen Salti, Secretary


• Dr. Mazen Soueid


• Mrs. Shireen Shallah


• Dr. Khalil Gebara


• Mr. Daniel Neuwirth
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International Advisory Board

• Prof. Badi Baltagi
• Prof. Pravin Krishna
• Prof. E. Roger Owen
• Dr. Omar Razzaz
• Prof. Dani Rodrik
• Prof. John Waterbury