A member of the Red Cross provides learning activities to children inside a tent at Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium turned into a temporary shelter in Beirut, Lebanon on May 8, 2026. —Reuters
A youth walks past tents inside Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium, turned into a temporary shelter in Beirut, Lebanon on May 8, 2026. —Reuters
People sit outside their tent at Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium turned into a temporary shelter in Beirut, Lebanon on May 8, 2026. —Reuters
A displaced woman looks out from inside her tent at Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium turned into a temporary shelter in Beirut, Lebanon on May 8, 2026. —Reuters
The government no longer has the budgetary space to continue carrying hundreds of billions of rupees in untargeted subsidies while the power sector itself remains trapped in circular debt, inefficiencies, theft and under-recovery.
Our financial system is geared towards short-term, risk-averse lending, while climate adaptation and green infrastructure require patient, long-term capital.