The hidden costs of opaque targeting – rethinking aid allocation in Lebanon and beyond

Chloé de Soye and Cynthia Saghir Drawing on field insights and research, this blog examines how the opaque Proxy Means Test (PMT) in Lebanon’s Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) system fuels misinformation, mistrust, and social tensions across both Lebanese and Syrian communities. It argues that targeting is not just a...