The Lebanese Youth: Scattered Approaches

The attempt to establish civil peace in Lebanon that began a decade and a half ago, is still marked by the absence of social planning policies. According to the latest report on socio-economic conditions in Lebanon, the "official handling of social dimensions has been limited to generalities and remains governed by the assumption that social problems depend on finding solutions for economic growth. As a result, although the government’s interest has shifted away from that of previous governments after the Taif agreement*, putting the emphasis on economic reform rather than reconstruction schemes, governmental policies did not change their approach to social issues. They still consider social issues to be a variable depending on expected economic transformations."