Writer: Maysa Baroud
Lebanon has experienced several crises and conflicts since its independence, including a more than decade-long civil war starting in 1975, with a direct impact on its social welfare system. The civil war resulted in the deterioration of basic services and available social welfare programmes in the country, creating a gap that was filled by non-state actors, including militias and politicalleaders. Post-civil war reconstruction, which prioritised the capital, Beirut, further entrenched existing socio-economic disparities between the city and other governorates.
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