The brutal war in Syria has had a devastating effect on the country and significant spillover into Lebanon and other neighboring countries, most intensely between 2012 and 15. Entering the…
Haneen Sayed
Haneen Sayed
Haneen Sayed is an economic development professional who spent more than 25 years at the World Bank. She is currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. Her sectors of expertise include social protection, labor and jobs, education, poverty, and gender, in addition to fragility and conflict. She is the author/co-author of multiple publications and articles, and an economist by academic training with undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford and Columbia Universities. Haneen serves on the Board of Directors of LIFE among other non-profit boards that aim to help preserve the human capital of Lebanon.
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Why direct support is more efficient than subsidies and how to transition
by Haneen Sayedby Haneen SayedBefore the Beirut port explosion, which took the lives of close to 200 people, injured thousands, and destroyed swaths of the capital, the Lebanese people faced a deteriorating economic and…