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Whitepaper
Economic IntelligenceMarch 2026

Lebanon's Shadow Economy
Sizing the Invisible.

A 48-page deep-dive into Lebanon's informal economic activity — estimating the scale of cash-based transactions, unregistered businesses, and off-balance-sheet flows that define the real Lebanese economy.

Shadow EconomyGDP AnalysisInformal SectorMonetary Policy
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Case StudyFinancial

How a Lebanese Bank Rebuilt Its Credit Scoring Model Using Berix Data

With traditional credit bureaus non-functional post-2019, one mid-size bank turned to alternative data signals to assess borrower risk — reducing default rates by 31%.

Credit RiskBanking
12 min read
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Data Insight
DemographicsFeb 2026

The Beirut Brain Drain: Quantifying Emigration by Skill Tier

New data on emigration patterns reveals Lebanon lost an estimated 42% of its engineering workforce between 2020 and 2025.

EmigrationTalent
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Whitepaper
Market IntelligenceDec 2025

Retail Survival in Crisis: What Lebanese Consumer Data Reveals

A sector-by-sector breakdown of which retail categories contracted, which adapted, and which unexpectedly grew during Lebanon's economic contraction.

RetailConsumer Behavior
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Case Study
SocialNov 2025

NGO Resource Allocation in Post-Blast Beirut: A Data-Driven Retrospective

How three international NGOs used Berix social vulnerability indices to direct aid to the highest-need neighborhoods after the 2020 port explosion.

NGOSocial Vulnerability
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Data Insight
EconomicOct 2025

Dollarization Depth: Mapping USD Penetration Across Lebanese Sectors

Sector-level analysis of how deeply the US dollar has replaced the Lebanese pound as the functional currency of commerce, savings, and contracts.

DollarizationCurrency
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Whitepaper
GovernmentalSep 2025

Municipal Finance in Lebanon: The Data Gap That Blocks Reform

An analysis of why Lebanon's 1,000+ municipalities remain financially opaque — and what a structured data layer would unlock for governance and investment.

MunicipalGovernance
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Case Study
TechnologyAug 2026

Predicting Telecom Churn in a Dual-Currency Market: A Berix Case Study

A leading Lebanese mobile operator used Berix economic stress signals to predict subscriber churn 60 days in advance — reducing involuntary disconnections by 44%.

TelecomChurn Prediction
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Data Insight
Labor MarketsJul 2026

Informal Employment in Lebanon: New Estimates for 2026

Updated Berix labor market data reveals that 61% of working Lebanese are now employed informally — with sharp divergence by age group, sector, and geography.

Labor MarketsInformal Employment
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