This paper focuses on the potentialities of economic development through the open policy of Lebanon. The macro-economic developments of the financial sector and some of the issues faced by the its economy are discussed. Also, this paper identifies such problems and provides analysis as to how to improve the potentiality of the Lebanon, that has tried to becoming a regional trade center. The efforts to transform Lebanon's financial market into a regional capital market could also host a regional development bank as a part of its economic strategies to strengthen the capital base of the Lebanese banking system. To argue with the issue, efficient financial markets in Lebanon are necessary to develop and reconstruct in the dynamic process of the regional conflict. The author insists the capital flows required to finance Lebanon's substantial reconstruction investment requirements. In particular, priority should be given to the development of a market. That can create a liquidity, provides long-term funding, allows for the sharing of investment risk and risk diversification, and reduces the potential burden on the government and the economy from a high level of international debt. Lebanon should develop its capital markets to recover a regional financial center, attracting funds on an regional basis, and acting as a conduit of medium to long-term finance for the countries and companies of the region.

This paper focuses on the potentialities of economic development through the open policy of Lebanon. The macro-economic developments of the financial sector and some of the issues faced by the its economy are discussed. Also, this paper identifies such problems and provides analysis as to how to improve the potentiality of the Lebanon, that has tried to becoming a regional trade center. The efforts to transform Lebanon's financial market into a regional capital market could also host a regional development bank as a part of its economic strategies to strengthen the capital base of the Lebanese banking system. To argue with the issue, efficient financial markets in Lebanon are necessary to develop and reconstruct in the dynamic process of the regional conflict. The author insists the capital flows required to finance Lebanon's substantial reconstruction investment requirements. In particular, priority should be given to the development of a market. That can create a liquidity, provides long-term funding, allows for the sharing of investment risk and risk diversification, and reduces the potential burden on the government and the economy from a high level of international debt. Lebanon should develop its capital markets to recover a regional financial center, attracting funds on an regional basis, and acting as a conduit of medium to long-term finance for the countries and companies of the region.

Lebanon, Middle East Economics, Open Policy, Finance