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OPERATIONAL CONTEXT
Lebanon is now in its fourth year of a deep economic, political, and social crisis. In April 2023, driven by recordhigh currency depreciation, Lebanon recorded the highest nominal food price inflation rate in the world at 350 percent (YoY), as reported by the World Bank.
Since the end of the presidential term on 31 October 2022 without a new president elected, the country faces an institutional vacuum, delaying the implementation of a comprehensive economic recovery plan.
These crises have led to high levels of poverty and food insecurity amongst both Lebanese and refugee communities. The first Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis in September 2022 projected 1.46 million Lebanese and 800,000 Syrian refugees – 42 percent of the total population – facing acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3, Crisis, and Phase 4, Emergency).
Results for the second IPC analysis conducted in May 2023 will be available in July.
WFP is at the forefront of the response to Lebanon’s economic and refugee crisis, supporting over 1 million refugees and 800,000 Lebanese nationals to meet their food and other basic needs. In addition, WFP implements cash transfers to an additional 400,000 Lebanese individuals through the Government’s Emergency Social Safety Net. Together with the World Bank, WFP is a key partner to the Government of Lebanon to strengthen national social safety nets.