Economist Lina Maddah and education specialist Bassel Akar discuss with Christelle Barakat the state of the knowledge economy and education sector in Lebanon, pinpointing the key challenges and offering solutions to overcome them.
Lina S. Maddah is an Economic Researcher at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) and a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon.
Bassel Akar is a Research Associate at the Center for Applied Research at Notre Dame University (NDU) - Louaize, Lebanon, and at the Center of African Studies at the University of Porto, Portugal.