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Lebanon

A nation of 5.8 million on the eastern Mediterranean, in default on its bonds, where citizens abroad send home a third of the economy and the World Bank approved $350 million in January 2026.

Perfect Nations values what Lebanon owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Lebanon at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to Lebanon

What we do for Lebanon

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Diaspora to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels3 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Shelter is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Lebanon toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 33.3%Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2023

    The Diaspora

    Lebanese abroad send back a third of the economy: the nation’s deepest capital.

  • 27%Of export earnings from visitors, 2020

    The Visitors

    Byblos, Baalbek, the mountains and the coast: visitors earn more than a quarter of exports.

  • 65.9%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    The Bekaa valley’s vineyards, orchards and grain.

  • 13.8%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    The cedar forests: a symbol, a watershed and a living asset.

  • 5.8mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    25.6% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

A diaspora that sustains a nation in default.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Lebanon owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • 33.3%Remittances received from citizens abroad, share of GDP, 2023World Bank, 2023
  • $350MWorld Bank financing for social protection, economic empowerment and digital transformation, January 2026World Bank, 2026
  • $250MRenewable Energy and System Reinforcement Project, approved October 2024World Bank, 2024
  • 139.4%General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025IMF, WEO Oct 2026

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralApprovedSocial protection, economic empowerment and digital transformation$350M

    World Bank · Approved January 2026

    Support for poor households, jobs and digital public services.

    World Bank

    Source
  • MultilateralApprovedRenewable Energy and System Reinforcement Project$250M

    IBRD · Approved 1 October 2024

    Solar power and grid reinforcement for Électricité du Liban.

    World Bank

    Source
  • MultilateralApprovedFiscal Management Project$28.5M

    World Bank · Approved 14 February 2024

    Public finance management.

    World Bank

    Source

The Lebanon Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Rania Haddad, Nation Steward of Lebanon

Rania HaddadNation Steward of Lebanon · SI Researcher

Already working in Lebanon.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Lebanon, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

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  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Lebanon are being gathered.

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03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Lebanon, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Lebanon in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Lebanon: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Lebanon.WATER47.7%SHELTER25.7%ENERGY33%FOOD57.6%EDUCATION52.9HEALTH67LIVELIHOOD72.6%
25.7%
Shelter · furthest from reachSafely managed sanitation; 4.5% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Lebanon

To be set with Lebanon, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Lebanon, each year.

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  • Food57.6%Not food insecure; 42.4% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water47.7%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter25.7%Safely managed sanitation; 4.5% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy33%The Minister of Energy: EDL supplies about one third of national demand, and existing plants give 8 to 10 hours a day at best. 90% cook with clean fuels (2024)Ministry of Energy and Water, Dec 2025
  • Education52.952.9% of young people complete lower secondary schoolWorld Bank, 2023
  • Health67WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood72.6%Above the national poverty line; 27.4% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2012

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Lebanon. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source. For Lebanon, the delivery test (12 November 2026): Energy takes the lower of these and the share of national demand the grid actually serves, from Ministry of Energy and Water.

Solutions for Perfect Lebanon

All Solutions

  • The Solution for LebanonShelter

    Ring-fence bond money for homes and sanitation.

    • 01The challenge74.3% Of Lebanese lack safely managed sanitation. WHO/UNICEF, 2024
    • 02The dealSocial bond, proved in Ecuador, 2020: $400M for affordable homes. Inter-American Development Bank, 2020
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where shelter is furthest from reach should issue a social bond whose proceeds can be spent only on eligible homes, toilets and sewers. With super intelligence, each unit can be planned, priced and verified, and reported to investors every year, until every family has a safe home.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsLebanon

Dear Lebanon,

Your citizens abroad send home a third of your economy, and they have carried you through default.

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Your partners have returned with power and social protection. Three in four of you lack safely managed sanitation. Give your diaspora an instrument to invest in, not only a family to send money to, and the nation can be rebuilt on its own capital.

“Give the diaspora a bond, not only a remittance, and Lebanon will rebuild itself.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Lebanon ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Lebanon, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Lebanon, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Shelter, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Lebanese and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Lebanon into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Lebanon, published with your name.

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  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Lebanon.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Lebanon already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

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  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Lebanon.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. World Bank press releases of 3 October 2024, 22 and 27 January 2026; World Bank projects P180501 and P181155.
  5. Electricity supplied against demand: Ministry of Energy and Water, Dec 2025, read 12 November 2026.
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