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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…
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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…
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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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This policy paper assesses Lebanon’s social protection response to the ongoing war and provides recommendations for policymakers to further develop this response and later improve the shock-responsiveness and -resilience of the country’s social protection system.
The war in Lebanon has exacerbated the existing economic crisis, leading to mass displacement and increased poverty. The…
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Multi-Purpose Cash grant (MPC) is a pivotal instrument of the humanitarian response plan in Lebanon both in terms of coverage and financial volume. About 60% of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon receive MPC assistance. Maximising the impact of MPC can therefore have important and at scale effects for the well-being of Syrian refugees.…
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This research comes amidst a rapidly declining and volatile economic, social and political situation in Lebanon. A three-fold crisis erupted in 2019, starting with the onset of a severe financial and banking crash that has led to a rapid collapse of the economy, currency depreciation coupled with subsidy removals and exponential inflation. The…
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Since 2019, Lebanon has experienced political instability and a rapidly unfolding economic crisis. The financial and banking crisis has resulted in a collapse of the economy, and currency depreciation plus subsidy removals were followed by the long-lasting economic effects of the 4 August 2020 Beirut explosion, as well as the devastating consequences of…
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The World Food Programme (WFP) supports Syrian refugee families living in extreme poverty in Lebanon by providing them with multi-purpose cash (MPC) transfers to meet their basic needs. WFP loads the assistance on an e-card, called the Red Card, each month and programme participants are able to withdraw the cash assistance from ATMs.…
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Ground Truth Solutions, in collaboration with the Cash Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Organizational Network (CAMEALEON) have produced a report detailing the lived experiences or “user journeys” of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving multipurpose cash assistance from the World Food Programme. WFP in Lebanon supports the most vulnerable Syrian refugee households with unrestricted…
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The purpose of this rapid survey is to gather top-line insights on the impact of the Covid-19 total lockdown in Lebanon, prohibiting all but essential movement, on multi-purpose cash (MPC) recipients. This includes households’ ability to access and spend their assistance, prepare for the lockdown and meet their basic needs.
The sample includes…
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Whilst most humanitarian responses across the globe have had to navigate the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, in Lebanon the challenges related to COVID-19 emerged on top of an unprecedented protest movement, political instability, a rapid deterioration of the economy and the increasingly protracted displacement of Syrian refugees in the country. This report…
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CAMEALEON is an independent initiative to provide monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning support to the World Food Programme (WFP)’s multi-purpose cash (MPC) programme for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Established in 2017, CAMEALEON’s main purpose is to bridge evidence gaps, strengthen transparency and accountability to beneficiaries, provide quality assurance, reinforce Value for Money (VfM)…
