In 1992, Moubayed began her career by joining as a researcher, the Consultation and Research Institute in Lebanon (CRI), a firm specialized in business consultation and quantitative and qualitative field studies regarding social and economic development in Lebanon and the MENA region.[1] In 1995, Lamia Moubayed joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Beirut as a program officer.[4] In July 1999, Lamia Moubayed joined the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)[5].