Financial Aid Distribution amid Covid-19 in Lebanon: Ministerial Executive Relief Initiative
<p id="p1">Covid-19 impacted mostly the vulnerable families around the world. Lebanon, a country witnessing a dire economic crisis, struggled with the increasing penurious needs of its households, and gathered local and international energies to face the crisis and support the population. The aid di...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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IntechOpen
2024
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| Online Access: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1206754 |
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| Summary: | <p id="p1">Covid-19 impacted mostly the vulnerable families around the world. Lebanon, a country witnessing a dire economic crisis, struggled with the increasing penurious needs of its households, and gathered local and international energies to face the crisis and support the population. The aid distribution was planned and executed while the pandemic was circulating in the country, striking an unprepared state for such an outbreak, and adding challenges for indigent citizens. A National Social Solidarity Program (NSSP) was launched in Spring 2020 to collect data around families affected by the pandemic, delivering financial aids as an impulse to survive the crisis. Our paper describes a collaborative work done in two months by local councils and central authorities collecting data through a digital platform, a pioneer project in Lebanon, to provide financial aid to most vulnerable families, while municipalities were struggling with low resources and budget, requesting help from central authority. Afterwards, a data analysis was carried out by a special committee selecting families for the aid distribution. More transparent and agile tools should be used in the future and the government should determine its priorities, implement good practices from lessons learned, seek developed options for accurate need’s assessment, and take data-driven evidence-based decisions.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83634-350-9 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1007648 |