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Viewing cable 08BEIRUT1605, LEBANON: GOL APPROVES NEW EPCA (ECONOMIC WEEK IN REVIEW,

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08BEIRUT1605 2008-11-10 07:55 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Beirut
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
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FM AMEMBASSY BEIRUT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3481
INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE
RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
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RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIRUT 001605 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ELA 
STATE PASS USTR FRANCESCKI 
STATE PASS USAID BEVER/LAUDATO/SCOTT 
TREASURY FOR MNUGENT AND SBLEIWEISS 
USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/MAC/ONE 
NSC FOR ABRAMS/RAMCHAND/YERGER/MCDERMOTT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON: GOL APPROVES NEW EPCA (ECONOMIC WEEK IN REVIEW, 
NOVEMBER 3 - 9, 2008) 
 
CONTENTS 
-------- 
 
-- GOL APPROVES NEW EPCA; DISCUSSES 2009 BUDGET AND DEVELOPMENT 
ISSUES 
-- DOLLARIZATION OF DEPOSITS CONTINUES TO DECLINE 
-- LEBANON RECEIVES WORLD BANK GRANT FOR SOCIAL REFORM 
-- UNDP LAUNCHES ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT 
-- CASH TRANSFERS UP BY 38 PERCENT IN FIRST HALF OF 2008 
-- LEBANON IMPROVES SLIGHTLY IN BASIC CAPABILITIES INDEX 
 
 
GOL APPROVES NEW EPCA; 
DISCUSSES 2009 BUDGET AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES 
-------------------- 
 
1. (SBU) On November 3, the cabinet approved the signing of the 
IMF's Emergency Post Conflict Assistance (EPCA) II program, and 
informed the IMF of this decision.  During the cabinet session, 
Chatah also gave a presentation of the 2009 budget proposal, which 
will be discussed at a separate session, Chatah's office told us. 
 
2. (U) On November 6, the cabinet discussed the "National Physical 
Master Plan of the Lebanese Territory" presented by the Council for 
Development and Reconstruction (CDR), an autonomous entity under the 
PM's office in charge of large projects.  The Master Plan includes 
major public infrastructure projects taking into consideration 
sustainable development and environmental protection.  The Master 
plan, which was completed in 2005, has been waiting since then for 
cabinet's endorsement.  At the November 6 meeting, the cabinet 
formed two committees, one headed by Deputy PM Abu Jamra to submit 
recommendations regarding the Master Plan before the end of the 
month, and the other committee headed by the PM to look at current 
projects under implementation by the CDR and other government 
institutions, a senior source at CDR told us. 
 
DOLLARIZATION OF DEPOSITS 
CONTINUES TO DECLINE 
-------------------- 
 
3. (U) During his monthly meeting with the Association of Banks in 
Lebanon on November 4, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad 
Salameh said the dollarization of deposits currently stood at 71 
percent, compared to 73.5 percent in September.  Salameh said that 
this was a clear testimony to the confidence in the Lebanese 
financial and monetary system.  Salameh also welcomed the start of 
the use of the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) -- an 
international standard for identifying bank accounts across national 
borders -- by Lebanese banks. 
 
LEBANON RECEIVES WORLD BANK 
GRANT FOR SOCIAL REFORM 
-------------------- 
 
4. (U) Press reported November 6 on the signing of an agreement 
between Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah and the World Bank (WB) 
representative in Lebanon Hedi Larbi of a six million dollar grant 
for social sector reform, part of the WB's Paris III pledges.  The 
grant will be allocated as follows: $2.5 million for the National 
Social Security Fund, one million for the Ministry of Education, 
$1.25 million for the Ministry of Social Affairs, $740,000 for the 
Ministry of Public Health; while the remaining $510,000 for a 
committee in charge of supervising the implementation of the 
projects, based at the PM's office. 
 
UNDP LAUNCHES ENERGY 
EFFICIENCY PROJECT 
-------------------- 
 
5. (U) On November 4, the UNDP launched the implementation of its 
"Community Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Demonstration 
Project" (CEDRO), in cooperation with the Ministries of Energy and 
Water, Finance, and the Council for Development and Reconstruction 
(CDR) and funded by a $9.7 million grant from the Spanish 
Government.  In its first phase, the project will bring more energy 
efficient lighting and water-heating systems, as well as better 
insulation, to pre-selected public schools, hospitals, 
municipalities, and social centers across Lebanon by June 2009.  In 
the next phase, the number of establishments will be increased by 
 
BEIRUT 00001605  002 OF 002 
 
 
2011, leading to the development of a national sustainable energy 
strategy. 
 
CASH TRANSFERS UP BY 38 PERCENT 
IN FIRST HALF OF 2008 
-------------------- 
 
6. (U) According to the Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL), electronic 
cash transactions to and from Lebanon totaled $660.2 million in the 
first half of 2008, or a 38.3 percent increase over the same period 
last year.  The UAE was the main source of incoming transfers, with 
$104.3 million or 22.5 percent of total transfers, followed by Saudi 
Arabia (16.2 percent), Qatar (nine percent), Australia (6.8 
percent), and the U.S. (6.5 percent).  The Philippines was the main 
destination of outward transfers from Lebanon with $28.9 million or 
14.7 percent of the total, followed by Ethiopia (12.2 percent), 
Egypt (10.8 percent), Sri Lanka (7.6 percent), and India (4.2 
percent). 
 
LEBANON IMPROVES SLIGHTLY 
IN BASIC CAPABILITIES INDEX 
-------------------- 
 
7. (U) The NGO Social Watch's 2008 Basic Capabilities Index ranked 
Lebanon 80 out of 185 surveyed countries and 8 out of 17 countries 
in the MENA region in terms of social development and basic 
well-being levels, a slight improvement compared to last year. 
Social Watch noted that although Lebanon is a middle-income country, 
one quarter of its population is considered poor, while five percent 
live in extreme poverty, and almost half the population is not 
covered by health insurance.  Social Watch also noted large regional 
disparities in poverty levels throughout the country, with areas 
like the Bekaa, south and north Lebanon, and Nabatieh suffering the 
most. 
 
SISON