Creating Economic Opportunities - Lebanon National Jobs Program

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The development objective of Creating Economic Opportunities in Support of the Lebanon National Jobs Program-for-Results Project is to improve economic opportunities for targeted beneficiaries in Lebanon. The crisis in Syria has contributed to a sharp slowdown in Lebanon’s economy, aggravated the existing jobs crisis, and raised social tensions. The refugee crisis is also exacerbating climate vulnerabilities, raising risks for low income, rural households in lagging regions. In this context, the government of Lebanon has developed a National Jobs Program (NJP), to complement the Capital Investment Plan, as central pillars of the reform and investment program presented at the 2018 Paris investor conference. The PforR Program supports implementation of the government’s NJP has three results area as follows: Results Area 1 – Enhancing the Environment for Private Investment; Results Area 2 – Catalyzing Job Creation through Trade and Investment in Lagging Regions; and Results Area 3 – Connecting Women and Youth to Jobs.

FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Information and Communications Technologies,FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank Group

Project

Residential, Telecommunications, Commercial, Raw Materials, Government