Social Policy Programme
Challenge, Lebanon is undergoing a severe economic collapse, driven by both a lack of social contract and a sustainable macroeconomic model. As the national currency has collapsed and hyperinflation is in its third year, Lebanon’s unprecedented compound crisis has left families struggling to survive, forcing many to adopt negative coping strategies, such as…, Resources, Solutions, Large-scale economic and financial reforms are needed immediately to address the crisis and its impacts on children and their families. Lebanon needs a national budget, protected allocations for social services, and a progressive tax system. At the same time a major scale-up of social assistance will be critical, to support vulnerable households…, Our Key Achievements, Since the start of the crisis, UNICEF has refocused its programme to support vulnerable children, with a strong response to the economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the explosions that devastated swathes of Beirut on August 4, 2020. UNICEF, together with the ILO, supported the Government to develop Lebanon’s first National Social Protection…