The Banque du Liban has projected real GDP growth in Lebanon at between 2 percent and 4 percent in 2013 amid an economy stalled by the continuing strife in neighboring Syria and the depressed tourism sector caused by the resulting security worries.

Zeina Saab, the Lebanese-American founder of The Nawaya Network, has won the King Abdullah Award for Youth Innovation and Achievement (KAAYIA). She was presented with the award by King Abdullah of Jordan at the Dead Sea during the recent meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Jordan.

After consumer confidence in the economy hit a near all-time low this summer as Lebanon entered a recession, 2012 wrapped up with confidence near the earlier low after a brief fall rebound.

The concept of corporate social responsibility has been gaining traction in the Lebanese economy – with an increasing number of companies embracing the idea that they can profit from doing good while doing business.

Writing about politics always bears the difficulty of where to start. Regarding the Lebanese Arab Republic, the dilemma is more extreme. The questions that arise are where to begin, what to write in the middle and how to end.

American think-tank report, The Heritage Foundation 2013 Index of Economic Freedom rated the Levant at 91st in terms of economic freedoms, out of the 177 countries included in this year’s report.

Thanks to its resilient, well-educated people, Lebanon has managed to buck numerous regional crises. The country's economic profile, however, might soon have to be rewritten.