Remittances and Post-conflict Development in Lebanon

Research paper of Michal Onderčo focuses on the Lebanon reconstructing. After the Taif Agreement signed in late 1989, the reconstruction of Lebanon started. Although large amounts of money were spent on the reconstructing the country, large portion of the population would not have survived unless the income from remittances entered the country. Remittances form up to 15 % of the country's GDP nowadays.