Syria contributor: Daniel Masterson Daniel Masterson is a PhD candidate in political science at Yale University and an affiliated scholar at the American University in Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/daniel-masterson/rss en ‘Giving More’ Through Direct Cash Aid Civil Society Displacement Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:12:28 +0000 Daniel Masterson https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/07/21/giving-more-through-direct-cash-aid-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/07/21/giving-more-through-direct-cash-aid-2 In the second part of our series with the Issam Fares Institute on sustainable futures for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, researcher Daniel Masterson argues that cash aid frees refugees from dependence and enables them to become active contributors to local economies. ‘Giving More’ Through Direct Cash Aid Economy Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:48:53 +0000 Daniel Masterson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/07/20/giving-more-through-direct-cash-aid https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/07/20/giving-more-through-direct-cash-aid In the second part of our series with the Issam Fares Institute on sustainable futures for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, researcher Daniel Masterson argues that cash aid frees refugees from dependence and enables them to become active contributors to local economies.