The rapid deterioration in social cohesion between refugee and host communities in Lebanon is in part due to targeted cash assistance.Continue Reading
Reframing social protection as a right rather than an offering is the initial step towards implementing a “Common Welfare” in Lebanon, argues the author.Continue Reading
It is very difficult to deploy cash transfer programs without clientelist intrusion and yet, argue the authors, the new DAEM system deployed during the pandemic succeeded in enhancing transparency, traceabilitiy and oversight.Continue Reading
A series of five short campaign videos, each approximately 3 minutes long. Each video includes quotes by leading experts in social protection to build a clear picture of the necessity for and lack of social protection policies mechanisms in the Arab region.Continue Reading
Read the full press release in: English | Arabic Lebanon’s Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA), in partnership with the European Union (EU), UNICEF and the International Labour Organization (ILO), launched the country’s National Disability Allowance (NDA). The allowance is a social grant that will provide a direct income support toContinue Reading
A series of interviews, of approx. 10 mins each, with diverse people living in the Arabic speaking region, about vulnerability, poverty and protection.Continue Reading