Executive Summary
Lebanon’s compounding economic and conflict-related crises have disproportionately impacted older persons, increasing their vulnerability. With nearly 80% of the population lacking formal pension coverage, current cash assistance and social protection (SP) systems remain fragmented, digitally exclusionary, and misaligned with critical health needs. While national programs like AMAN have expanded, coverage remains low, with recent assessments indicating that only 17% of older people receive humanitarian cash assistance and just 8% benefit from state social protection2. Urgent action is needed from policymakers and donors to transition away from short-term, donor-dependent aid toward an accessible, rights based, and universal social protection system that safeguards dignity.
