1.0Lebanon News Gazettehttps://lebanonnewsgazette.comlnadminhttps://lebanonnewsgazette.com/author/lnadmin/Will Lebanon ever be able to pull off reforms needed to secure IMF loan? - Lebanon News Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MkLtp889oc"><a href="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/will-lebanon-ever-be-able-to-pull-off-reforms-needed-to-secure-imf-loan/">Will Lebanon ever be able to pull off reforms needed to secure IMF loan?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/will-lebanon-ever-be-able-to-pull-off-reforms-needed-to-secure-imf-loan/embed/#?secret=MkLtp889oc" width="600" height="338" title="“Will Lebanon ever be able to pull off reforms needed to secure IMF loan?” — Lebanon News Gazette" data-secret="MkLtp889oc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Lebanon's economy has contracted by around 30 percent since 2017, its currency lost 90 percent of its value, its unemployment rate skyrocketed and over half of its households are below the poverty level.To combat its economic crisis, Lebanon needs sign...