poverty

AID

World Bank approves $500 million to expand social security in Egypt: Ministry

ECONOMIC CRISIS

New Human Rights Watch survey shows the depths of hunger and poverty in Lebanon

ECONOMIC CRISIS

An entire nation’s childhood held hostage

SURVEY

Preliminary results from AUB survey show households' dire economic condition

DAESH RECRUITMENT

Mired in poverty, dozens of Lebanese join jihadists in Iraq

CHILDREN AT RISK

One in two children in Lebanon is at serious risk of physical, emotional or sexual violence: UNICEF

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Mikati says 166,000 applications on its Impact platform have so far been deemed eligible for social assistance

Amid a rush to register for cash assistance programs, lack of documents presents a hurdle for some applicants

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Some 75,000 vulnerable families in Lebanon will soon be in receipt of $25 per month

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Hunger, lack of access to health care, child labor are all on the rise in Lebanon, UN Children’s Fund report reveals

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Avoiding the intergenerational poverty trap in Lebanon

ECONOMIC CRISIS

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights lambasts "failing" Lebanese government

PORTRAIT

Extreme poverty confronts UN delegate during fact-finding visit to Tripoli