The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies held a conference on income distribution, class differences, the government's social policies, and social security services in postwar Lebanon, on June 7 and 8, 1996. Participants included an economic adviser to the government, Marwan Iskandar, the vice-president of the Council for Development and Reconstruction, Boutros Labaki, the director of the Social Security Fund, 'Abd al-Halim Huraibi, the director of Central Bank Financial Operations, Yusuf al-Khalil, as well as researchers, officials, members of parliaments, journalists, bankers, insurance managers and others.

The conference was attended by over 80 economic and social analysts and researchers. The papers presented during the conference were published in LCPS' Journal, Abaad issue Number 6.