We're back with Mohamad Faour for Episode 163 of The Beirut Banyan.

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We discuss the potential IMF bailout for Lebanon, political opportunities and costs for the protest movement demanding fiscal responsibility, and the inevitable choices for the Lebanese regime given the serious risk of mass hunger on the horizon.

We also discuss Iceland and Jamaica's experiences with previous IMF bailouts and why domestic reform and the wider push for transparency and accountability remain paramount for Lebanon to emerge out of its current economic crisis.

Mohamad Faour is a Postdoc Fellow in Finance at University College Dublin and a contributor to the 'Finance 4 Lebanon' blog and a member of N.E.R.D.S. (explained in the episode).

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Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.