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Foreign donors are propping up Lebanon\u2019s public institutions and services with the kind of aid they ordinarily provide to failed states. Will this aid create more problems than it solves for Lebanon\u2019s long-suffering people?\n\xa0\nOn this episode of Century International\u2019s Order from Ashes podcast, fellow Sam Heller discusses the alarming findings of his report, \u201cAdopt a Ministry: How Foreign Aid Threatens Lebanon\u2019s Institutions.\u201d\n\xa0\nAs Lebanon\u2019s crisis worsens, foreign donors have stepped in to take over many core functions normally fulfilled by the government. Is this aid, which is vital in the short term, threatening the viability and long-term recovery of Lebanon?\xa0\n\xa0\nDonors, aid agencies, Lebanese officials and experts can start by getting honest about the tradeoffs, Sam argues. A first step toward changing the counterproductive aid dynamic requires a full picture of foreign support for Lebanon, so donors and the Lebanese government can coordinate aid to useful ends and not just perpetuate dependency and state breakdown.\xa0\xa0\n\xa0\nRead:\xa0\nReport: \u201cAdopt a Ministry: How Foreign Aid Threatens Lebanon\u2019s Institutions,\u201d by Sam Heller\nCommentary: \u201cInternational Aid Keeps Lebanon Afloat. It Could Also Be Destroying Its Institutions,\u201d by Sam Heller [in English and Arabic]\n\xa0\nParticipants:\nSam Heller, fellow, Century International\nThanassis Cambanis, director, Century International