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30 Jun 2018
Report

Evaluation of No Lost Generation/“Min Ila,” a UNICEF and WFP Cash Transfer Program for Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon

Impact Evaluation Report Endline

Jacobus de Hoop, UNICEF Office of Research–Innocenti
Mitchell Morey, Hannah Ring, Victoria Rothbard, and David Seidenfeld, AIR

Image of Min Ila report coverAccording to the revised Lebanon Crisis Response Plan, Lebanon hosts 1.5 million Syrians who have fled conflict in Syria, as well as 34,000 Palestine refugees from Syria. There are many children of school age in this population, with 586,540 displaced Syrian children registered in Lebanon and 57,506 Palestine Refugees between 3-18 years old. Over half of these children are not enrolled in a certified education program.

In the 2016–17 school year, UNICEF, in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme and in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon, started to pilot a child-focused cash transfer program for displaced Syrian children in Lebanon. The program, known as the No Lost Generation or “Min Ila” (meaning “from/to”) was designed to reduce negative coping strategies harmful to children and reduce barriers to children’s school attendance, including financial barriers and reliance on child labor. UNICEF Lebanon contracted AIR to help the UNICEF Office of Research design and implement an impact evaluation of the program.

The purpose of the impact evaluation, one of the first rigorous studies of a social protection program supporting children in a complex displacement setting, is to monitor the program’s effects on recipients and provide evidence for decisions regarding the program’s future. This report investigates and discusses the program’s impacts on child well-being outcomes, including food security, health, child work, child subjective well-being, enrollment, and attendance, after one year of program implementation.

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Project

Impact Evaluation of the No Lost Generation/Min Ila Cash Transfer Program for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

The sudden influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon created an education crisis in Lebanon that affects Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children. AIR and the UNICEF Office of Research–Innocenti are leading an independent impact evaluation of Min Ila, a cash transfer program for displaced Syrian children in the governorates of Mount Lebanon and Akkar., and designed to address the income-related barrier to school attendance alongside existing interventions addressing non-income constraints.

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31 Jul 2018
Brief

No Lost Generation (Min Ila) Child-Focused Humanitarian Safety Net

No Lost Generation/Min Ila was Lebanon’s only child-focused social assistance program for refugee families, reaching around 50,000 children over two years with regular, predictable social assistance. Through the provision of a regular cash transfer, household visits, and an integrated referral mechanism, families were supported to invest in their children themselves, demonstrating significant positive impacts.
Topic: 
International, Refugee and Migrant Populations
12 May 2017
Brief

Min Ila: Summary of Education Results After the First Few Months of Implementation

Most Syrian refugees in Lebanon have arrived with limited savings and have struggled to earn steady incomes to meet their families’ basic needs, such as food, health care, and shelter. This sudden influx has created an education crisis in Lebanon that affects Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children. The Min Ila cash transfer program is designed to address the income-related barrier to school attendance alongside existing interventions addressing non-income constraints. This policy brief provides a summary of the preliminary education impacts generated by the program.
Topic: 
International, Refugee and Migrant Populations
10 Jun 2018
Report

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No Lost Generation: Supporting the School Participation of Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon

As a result of the Syrian conflict, Lebanon has one of the highest per capita ratios of registered refugees in the world. Despite efforts by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education and its partners, approximately half the Syrian children of primary school age in Lebanon did not attend school in the 2015/16 school year. This paper documents the impact of a cash transfer program on the school participation of displaced Syrian children in Lebanon.
Topic: 
International, International Education, International Health and Social Protection, Refugee and Migrant Populations

Further Reading

  • No Lost Generation: Supporting the School Participation of Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon
  • Min Ila: Summary of Education Results After the First Few Months of Implementation
  • Impact Evaluation of the No Lost Generation/Min Ila Cash Transfer Program for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
  • No Lost Generation (Min Ila) Child-Focused Humanitarian Safety Net
  • Supporting Teachers and Students in Refugee Settings
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Mitchell Morey

Mitchell Morey

Senior Economic Researcher
Hannah Ring

Hannah Ring

Senior Researcher

David Seidenfeld

Vice President, International Research and Evaluation

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