Haneen Sayed to L'Orient Today: I want to help Lebanese people graduate out of poverty
With decades of experience in international development, Lebanon’s new social affairs minister aims to transform social protection by shifting from assistance to long-term economic empowerment.
Photo provided to L'Orient Today by Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed.
BEIRUT — Drawing on a 30-year career at the World Bank, Lebanon’s new Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed brings years of knowledge and experience in human development and social protection to the ministry.Holder of a master’s degree in economics from Stanford University and a master’s of philosophy in economics from Columbia University in New York, she joined Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government in February. Having been on the board of various non-profit organizations, she hopes to enact the necessary changes in the country.Sayed spoke to L’Orient Today about her upcoming plans for the Ministry and the challenges she’s faced so far.What made you decide to shift from the International Development world and take up this position in government today?When I got the call from Prime Minister Salam to serve in government, I had no doubt...
BEIRUT — Drawing on a 30-year career at the World Bank, Lebanon’s new Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed brings years of knowledge and experience in human development and social protection to the ministry.Holder of a master’s degree in economics from Stanford University and a master’s of philosophy in economics from Columbia University in New York, she joined Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government in February. Having been on the board of various non-profit organizations, she hopes to enact the necessary changes in the country.Sayed spoke to L’Orient Today about her upcoming plans for the Ministry and the challenges she’s faced so far.What made you decide to shift from the International Development world and take up this position in government today?When I got the call from Prime Minister Salam to serve in government, I...