Intentions Are Not Enough: Lebanon Must Adopt the National Social Protection Strategy

Wassim Maktabi, Sami Zoughaib, Rania Eghnatious

During its eight-month stint, the Najib Mikati cabinet failed to endorse the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS), although the prime minister had issued statements intending to do so.¹ In fact, following its final drafting in January 2022, the NSPS only reached the cabinet’s agenda during its last session,² where ministers committed to the strategy’s principles but pledged to redraft it within six months—a pledge whose realization remains uncertain given the government’s likely extended period in a caretaker role.

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