The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Fiscal Challenges & Opportunities
- Samir Nasr, Roger Melki, Badra Alawa, Nasser Saidi, Dimitris Kourkoulas, Ghaleb Abou-Mosleh, Ghassan Dibeh, Antoine Haddad, Najib Issa, Iskandar Mourkarbel, Marc Ayoub
This book focuses on the fiscal and socio-economic impact of adjustment measures that will be enacted as a result of the Association Agreement with Europe. It includes a collection of papers that provide a thorough examination of the challenges and opportunities of trade liberalization in the context of Lebanese fiscal policies and economic structures, particularly as they relate to customs revenues, tax reforms, public subsidies, budget deficits, industrial development, and privatization.
Marc Ayoub
is an energy policy researcher and consultant, currently conducting
his PhD at the University of Galway in Ireland. He is also an associate fellow at the
AUB Fares Institute and a former nonresident fellow on energy and climate issues
at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. His work revolves around influencing
policymaking through evidence-based research, with a focus on Lebanon and the
MENA region.