The State’s excuses for neglecting social protection
2022-11-30
This 3 minute video report considers the impact of a lack of social protection mechanisms in Lebanon and the excuses levied by the State for not providing them.Continue Reading
Bank of Lebanon’s Sayrafa: Social Assistance of Last Resort?
2022-11-28
In this brief thought paper, the authors review the impact of the central bank’s subsidy scheme and foreign exchange platform.Continue Reading
The dangerous path of social protection systems in Lebanon
2022-11-23
A short video report explaining social protection policies and their reality in Lebanon.Continue Reading
Rethinking our understanding of vulnerability under the pandemic
2022-01-31
In this paper, the author considers new forms of vulnerability created or highlighted by the pandemic, suitable measures for vulnerability and the need to promote social justice in the region.Continue Reading
Q&A: Rethinking social spending as crisis response
2021-08-26
An informative Q&A with anthropology professor Hania Sholkamy about the social protection policies put in place for the informal labor sector in Egypt during the pandemic and the need to imagine a new social protection program that is based on inclusion and that could be a locomotive for growth.Continue Reading
Social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis in the MENA/Arab States region
2020-10-01
This policy brief, write the authors, provides a summary of the main social protection measures that were adopted by the countries in the MENA/Arab States region in immediate response to the pandemic. Continue Reading