This document shows that Lebanon, with its official non-interventionist stance toward private investments, offers one of the most liberal investment climates in the Middle East. The economic openness of the country is harnessed through the absence of legal restrictions on the entry or exit of many firms, encouraging free market competition and furthering the development of the private sector. Liberal trade and investment policies have allowed foreign direct investments to account for a considerable share of Lebanese GDP.

This publication provides with information on the Investment Opportunities in Lebanon.

The Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab States was signed on 26 November 1980 in Amman, Jordan, during the Eleventh Arab Summit Conference. The member States of the League of Arab States are Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The agreement has been ratified by all member States of the League except Algeria and the Comoros. The States Parties to this Agreement shall, within the framework of its provisions, be permitted to transfer Arab capital freely between them and to promote and facilitate its investment according to the economic development plans and programmes within the States Parties and in a manner beneficial to the host State and the investor. They shall undertake to protect the investor, safeguard his investment and its related revenues and rights and, to the extent possible, to ensure the stability of the pertinent legal provisions.

The government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the government of the Republic of Lebanon referred to hereinafter as the contracting countries. Desiring to widen and deepen economic cooperation between them, total best interest of the two countries specifically in creating favorable conditions for investments made by investors of the contracting parties in the territories of the other contracting party. Recognizing that the encouragement and reciprocal protection will be conducive to the stimulation of commercial initiative and increase prosperity in both contracting states.

The Lebanese Republic and the Republic of Turkey herein referred to as the "Contracting Parties", Desiring to encourage economic cooperation to the mutual benefit of both States, Intending to create and maintain favourable conditions for investments by investors of one Contracting Party in the territory of the other Contracting Party, Recognizing that the encouragement and contractual protection of such investments are apt to stimulate private business initiative and to increase the prosperity of both States.