The Lebanese government announced on March 14, 2022 the initiation of payment of cash transfers to some 150,000 extremely poor Lebanese households under the Emergency Social Safety Net Project (also known as AMAN) financed by the World Bank. In detail, said program will provide around 680,000 individuals with a monthly transfer of $20 per household member and a flat amount of $25 per household. In addition, the program will cover the cost of schooling for 87,000 students aged between 13 and 18 years in order to halt the school drop-outs among the extremely poor households. According to the World Bank, the emergency assistance will provide a much needed relief to the extremely poor Lebanese households that, for the past two and a half years, have been affected by the harsh economic and financial crisis which resulted in rising poverty levels, startling inflation rates, and large cuts in the purchasing power of residents. The announcement stated that out of the 583,000 households that registered in the program, only some 200,000 households have met the preliminary screening criteria for AMAN. In this vein, the announcement revealed that payments to the eligible households will be conducted by the World Food Program through local money transfer operators. The eligible 150,000 households are expected to receive payments by the end of June, noting that payments to all eligible households will be made on a retroactive basis from January 2022 and for a one year period. The announcement also mentioned that a third-party monitoring agent is being recruited and will be in charge of reviewing the implementation process and ensuring that payments reach their intended end beneficiaries. Finally, the World Bank renewed its call to the Lebanese policy makers to adopt an economic & financial recovery plan and to undertake critical reforms in order to avert the total annihilation of the country’s social and economic networks, not to mention the retention of human capital.