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COVID-19 drives Syrian refugees and host communities into deeper poverty in Mashreq Countries.

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Saroj Kumar Jha

Regional Director for the Mashreq

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Oct 06, 2020

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020

The World Bank’s biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report finds that the rate of extreme poverty in the MENA region rose from 3.8% in 2015 to 7.2% in 2018 — the latest year for which data is available.

Sep 20, 2020

Beirut Residents’ Perspectives on August 4 Blast

As part of the immediate response, the World Bank conducted a needs and perception online survey targeting the most affected areas.

Jul 15, 2020

Building for Peace: Reconstruction for Security, Sustainable Peace, and ...

The World Bank and the German Development Cooperation have joined efforts to take a fresh look at reconstruction, development, and the transition to sustainable peace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and ...

Jun 23, 2020

State of the Mashreq Women

This report calls for action in the following areas: stronger economic growth, effective policy action to close legal gaps, promotion of more egalitarian attitudes, access to quality childcare, and the provision of safe ...

Jun 17, 2020

The Fallout of War: The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria

The Mashreq region has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade.

Factsheet Apr 19, 2020

National Poverty Targeting Program

Launched in 2011, the Lebanon National Poverty Targeting Program is a social safety net program supporting the poorest and most vulnerable Lebanese families using the proxy means testing targeting methodology.

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Zeina El Khalil
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