section_path: Impact by region or country/Asia-Pacific/Lebanon
section_name: Lebanon
paragraph_text: Lebanon
  
  Since August 2019, Lebanon had been experiencing a major economic crisis that was caused by an increase in the official exchange rate between the Lebanese pound and the United States dollar. This was further escalated by a large explosion in Beirut, which delivered critical damage to the Port of Beirut, harming Lebanese trade, and protests throughout the country.