In collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation , the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies organized a workshop on the Lebanese Budget in Beirut on November 19, 1999. In preparation for the workshop, the LCPS conducted in-house research and collaborated with several prominent economic experts to carry out research on budgetary reform and developmental trends in Lebanon as well as the different sociological aspects of the budget.

Inaugurated by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Georges Corm, the workshop addressed different economic and sociological aspects of the budget. It also discussed the relationship between the budget and an expenditure with a comprehensive social developmental policy. It featured presentations on the prospects of reforming the structure of public finance, new approaches to budget studies, budget procedure, and public finance policies in the different social and economic sectors (agriculture and health). The conference also featured a case study of the Ministry of Social Affairs, and presentations on budget allocation, budget implementation and social spending.

The workshop was attended by a number of representatives from the Ministry of Finance, including its General Director, various finance experts, and economic and social development academics, as well as a large number of media representatives.

The LCPS published the presented studies in a workshop proceedings report entitled: "The Budet and Social Development in Lebanon ".