In this episode of Alternative Frequencies, Bilal El-Amine discusses with Dr. Mounir Mahmalat how Lebanon’s political elites interfere in the procurement of infrastructure projects administered by the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR). Mounir draws on a detailed study he conducted with Dr. Sami Atallah and Wassim Maktabi titled, “Public Infrastructure Procurement in Post-Conflict Power-Sharing Arrangements: Evidence from Lebanon’s Council for Development and Reconstruction.”