LEA is a non-profit, non-partisan professional association that aims to spread and enhance the economics culture and methodology in Lebanon, with a view to adding value to the public policy debate. LEA's objectives are to: - Facilitate and promote the exchange of economics research on Lebanon among professional economists, and with the broader public (students, NGOs, Government institutions) - Foster closer links among academic and non-academic institutions and professionals that are concerned with economic policy issues in Lebanon - Cooperate with international economist associations