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Navigating Social Assistance in Lebanon: Experiences and Insights of the Bottom Poor

Accountability, ProductsDecember 18, 2025502Views

Executive Summary Since 2019, Lebanon has faced a series of overlapping crises, including economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beirut Port explosion, and the 2024 Israeli war, that have severely strained its already fragmented and under-resourced social protection system. In this context, social assistance programmes such as the National Poverty Targeting Programme (NPTP), and the…

Cash Coordination in Lebanon

Effectiveness, ProductsDecember 17, 2025547Views

Executive Summary This report offers an in-depth analysis on cash coordination in Lebanon, focusing on recent structural reforms, persistent coordination challenges, and opportunities for improved alignment with global standards. Drawing on 42 key informant interviews (KIIs), three workshops, and an extensive document review, the study critically assesses the evolution of Lebanon’s cash architecture, with particular…

Transparency and Accountability from the Bottom-up: Lessons from Social Assistance and Humanitarian CVA Programs in Lebanon

Accountability, LearningOctober 13, 20251KViews

Executive Summary Following six years of multiple protracted crises, a majority of Lebanon’s population is affected by multidimensional poverty, but social safety nets are the primary source of social protection for the poorest and most vulnerable and are largely dependent on international donors. In an effort to transition out of the crisis, the Government of…

LCAT x CAMEALEON Leveraging Evidence for Effective Cash Programming: Insights, Gaps, and Opportunities

Workshops & PresentationsMay 7, 2025671Views

Executive Summary This workshop aimed to bring together humanitarian and development actors to collectively examine and strengthen the use of evidence in cash programming across Lebanon. By showcasing key research from LCAT and CAMEALEON—particularly on informal social protection, the multiplier effect, and humanitarian cash systems in emergencies—the event will serve as a platform to:…

Sustainability of the Social Assistance System and Linkages with the Humanitarian Assistance System

Workshops & PresentationsMarch 13, 2025580Views

"Series of National Policy Dialogues on Promoting Universal Social Protection in Lebanon" Policy Dialogue 1: Sustainability of the Social Assistance System and Linkages with the Humanitarian Assistance System Executive Summary Lebanon is at a pivotal crossroads in its journey toward a robust, integrated, and universal social protection system. Recent policy and legislative advancements—such as the…

CoP Linking CVA and Social Protection: Cash Advocacy Paper Presentation

Workshops & PresentationsMarch 12, 2025557Views

Executive Summary In this session, CAMEALEON presented their latest publication "Safety Net and Humanitarian Cash in the Emergency Response in Lebanon – What Can We Learn?", published in February 2025. The paper aims to strengthen humanitarian response efforts by offering key recommendations to inform the design and implementation of innovative policies and practices to improve…

Safety net and humanitarian cash in the Emergency Response in Lebanon – what can we learn?

AccountabilityFebruary 11, 2025762Views

Executive Summary Lebanon is facing a severe humanitarian crisis exacerbated by economic turndown, widespread poverty, and displacement resulting from the escalation of the hostilities into war between Hezbollah and Israel on September 23, 2024. A ceasefire was reached in the early hours of November 27, 2024, for a 60-day period. The dramatic wave of…

Providing Social Protection in Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations

Panels & PodcastsFebruary 11, 2025571Views

Executive Summary Join our thought-provoking conversation with Philip Proudfoot (Institute of Development Studies) and Cynthia Saghir (CAMEALEON) as they discuss the evolving role of states in humanitarian response, building meaningful social contracts in fragile contexts, and developing lifecycle social security systems that shield citizens from conflict-related shocks. In an era of increasing global instability and…

“What’s Good Enough?” Webinar Series 3/3: Quality Standards

Workshops & PresentationsDecember 4, 2024551Views

Executive Summary The Global CVA & Locally Led Responses Working Group kicked off a webinar series titled “What’s Good Enough?” in September 2024, that aimed to discuss and have open conversations around key components of localization and locally led CVA responses. Each webinar brings together the insights and expertise of different stakeholders as speakers, but…

MENA Community of Practice on CVA Linkages to Social Protection

Workshops & PresentationsNovember 27, 2024565Views

Executive Summary This is the upcoming session of the Community of Practice for Linking CVA and Social Protection in MENA. In this session, we will have the opportunity to learn from the policy paper developed by CAMEALON and the Arab Reform Initiative: Lebanon’s Social Protection System Suffers Amidst the Current War: Urgent Action Needed! The policy paper assesses…

Supporting and Sustaining Social Protection during Conflicts: Insights from Current ‘Better Assistance in Crises’ (BASIC) Research

ConferencesNovember 8, 2024634Views

Executive Summary The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) are organizing a side event entitled "Supporting and Sustaining Social Protection during Conflicts: Insights from Current 'Better Assistance in Crises' (BASIC) Research." This side event will showcase new empirical research findings from the FCDO- supported BASIC research program, which aims to…

The Role of Misinformation on Cash and Voucher Assistance for Social Cohesion in Lebanon

AccountabilityOctober 31, 2024953Views

Executive Summary The main objective of the study was to shed light on how misinformation affects different actors (refugees, host communities, beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, policy makers, implementing agencies) and how this impacts their social interactions and behavioral patterns. The results of the study aims to help implementing organizations to reassess their communication efforts by understand how…

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Navigating Social Assistance in Lebanon: Experiences and Insights of the Bottom Poor

Cash Coordination in Lebanon

Transparency and Accountability from the Bottom-up: Lessons from Social Assistance and Humanitarian CVA Programs in Lebanon

LCAT x CAMEALEON Leveraging Evidence for Effective Cash Programming: Insights, Gaps, and Opportunities

Sustainability of the Social Assistance System and Linkages with the Humanitarian Assistance System

CoP Linking CVA and Social Protection: Cash Advocacy Paper Presentation

Safety net and humanitarian cash in the Emergency Response in Lebanon – what can we learn?

Providing Social Protection in Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations

“What’s Good Enough?” Webinar Series 3/3: Quality Standards

MENA Community of Practice on CVA Linkages to Social Protection

Supporting and Sustaining Social Protection during Conflicts: Insights from Current ‘Better Assistance in Crises’ (BASIC) Research

The Role of Misinformation on Cash and Voucher Assistance for Social Cohesion in Lebanon

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