book chapter
One of the world’s worst economic collapses, now compounded by the Ukraine crisis: What’s next for Lebanon?
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security | 2023 | Pages: 5
Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)
Open Access | CC BY-4.0
Citation
Breisinger, Clemens; Khouri, Nadim; Glauber, Joseph W.; and Laborde Debucquet, David. 2023. One of the world’s worst economic collapses, now compounded by the Ukraine crisis: What’s next for Lebanon? In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. Section Four: Country Impacts and Responses: Middle East and North Africa, Chapter 26, Pp. 135-139. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_26
High food prices and supply disruptions triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war are hitting Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries like Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen hard, partly due their heavy dependence on wheat imports. But in the region, Lebanon — already in the midst of one of the world’s worst economic collapses since the 1850s — is uniquely vulnerable to food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. A recent World Bank report calls Lebanon’s current crisis “The Great Denial” — referring to an ongoing breakdown of government services, civil society, and the economy.