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The Politics of Social Assistance in Lebanon

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posted on 2025-02-04, 10:00 authored by Philip ProudfootPhilip Proudfoot, Sami Zoughaib

This brief examines the politics of social protection amid ongoing financial crisis in Lebanon. It finds that Lebanon’s political settlement remains characterised by sectarian-clientelism and fractured sub-state loyalties, and that a fractured formal social protection system exists alongside longstanding traditions of political party-led social assistance. It argues that Lebanon’s new National Social Protection Strategy provides a rare opportunity to foster a new social contract that is inclusive and rights-based.

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Institute of Development Studies

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Proudfoot, P. and Zoughaib, S. (2025) ‘The Politics of Social Assistance in Lebanon’, BASIC Research Policy Briefing 5, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/BASIC.2025.001

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BASIC Research Policy Briefing 5

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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Institute of Development Studies

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Lebanon

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en

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Resource Politics and Environmental Change

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4pp

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