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Al Jazeera

World Bank projects war-hit Lebanon’s economy to contract by 6.4 percent

Conflict with Israel derails Lebanon's economic recovery as inflation and consumer prices rise, the global lender says.

This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by Al Jazeera.

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