VOL. XXXVII

NO. 5

1-NOVEMBER-1993

Financial and Banking News

Despite Stronger Economy Lebanon Still Faces Uncertain Future In MiddleEast

MEES Associate Editor Andrew Cunningham reports from Beirut on economicdevelopments in Lebanon during the first year of the Hariri administration andassesses Lebanon's prospects for recapturing a regional role.

One year into the administration of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri, theconditions exist for a gradual reconstruction of Lebanon's shattered economy.The...