World Bank

Purpose

The Beirut port explosion and Lebanon’s ongoing socio-economic and COVID-19 crises have left an increasing number of poor and vulnerable people and businesses in need of urgent assistance to recover and restore their local communities and livelihoods. The explosion also exacerbated the highly strained social contract between Lebanon’s political leaders and citizens, fostering widespread mistrust in any government-led recovery and reconstruction efforts. In response, the World Bank, United Nations and European Union jointly developed the Lebanon Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) through a multi-stakeholder approach used successfully in other crisis affected countries. The 3RF identifies priority activities to address the socio-economic needs of the most vulnerable people and businesses, with an initial focus on those most impacted from the port explosion. It also provides a mechanism to coordinate the international community’s support through a World Bank multi-donor trust fund.