{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d9c499b4056a3e46f101ce4/6939882434867e026d3174fe?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"An interview with Haneen Sayed, Lebanon's Minister of Social Affairs","description":"<p>For the past five years Lebanon has faced crisis upon crisis&nbsp;including;&nbsp;economic collapse, the Beirut Port blast, and Israel’s war. But now the country is entering a new political chapter under a new government, marked by shifts in priorities and a renewed attention to social policy.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this podcast IDS Research Fellow, Philip Proudfoot, interviews Haneen Sayed, Lebanon’s Minister of social affairs&nbsp;who talks about her country’s&nbsp;main issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Philip asks the Minister&nbsp;these key questions:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>After five years of crisis upon crisis, what do you see as Lebanon’s&nbsp;<em>need</em>&nbsp;right now? &nbsp;</li><li>How is the new government approaching social protection differently from the government that came before? &nbsp;</li><li>Financing is always a challenge, especially with the increasing withdrawal of international support, is this an obstacle or an opportunity? &nbsp;</li><li>At the recent second world summit on social development in Doha, the high-level panel made a big push for social protection as a stabilisation mechanism. What might this mean for Lebanon, the social contract, and the building blocks needed to enhance and build it.</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Institute of Development Studies"}