Lebanon Needs to Shift from Elite Welfare to Common Welfare
2023-05-16
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
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
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
30 April 2020: Will COVID-19 Mark the Endgame for Iraq’s Muhasasa Ta’ifia?
2020-03-30
Read full event announcement in: English Event Date: 30 April 2020 Venue: online over Zoom Hosted by: Arab Reform Initiative and Chatham House Speaker: Ahmed Tabaqchali, CIO of Asia Frontier Capital Iraq Fund & Adjunct Assistant Professor at AUIS Moderator: Renad Mansour, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, Middle East & North AfricaContinue Reading