Lebanon

Geographic poverty targeting in social protection programs: Evidence from a nationwide policy experiment

We study how changing the targeted measure of poverty affects the operation and effectiveness of a scaled social assistance program.

Gender differences in the adequacy of poverty-targeted food assistance programs

Social assistance programs often provide a per-person benefit to targeted beneficiaries. Such uniform transfer values do not account for variation in structural deprivations faced by households. In this study, we assess the degree to which a food …

The short-lived effects of unconditional cash transfers to refugees

How does humanitarian aid affect the well-being of refugee recipients, and for how long do program effects last?

Targeting humanitarian aid using administrative data: model design and validation

How should we target humanitarian aid to a large and homogeneous refugee population?