Final UN report records efforts to bring back emigrant specialists

The report attributed most road damage to overloaded vehicles and inadequate wartime or immediate postwar maintenance rather than direct bombing. Border-area priorities limited improvements elsewhere,...

Iran’s main settlement-reconstruction need was construction equipment, alongside building-material shortages. The mission recognized qualified Iranian engineers, architects and planners as a strong...

The report recognized progress in reconstruction priorities and restored productive activity after the ceasefire. It warned that systemic damage to the environment, infrastructure and social...

Iran identified foreign-exchange shortages, shortages of skilled professionals and technicians, and transport bottlenecks as principal barriers to its development plan. The mission also identified...

The five-year plan anticipated about $27 billion from foreign sources for new projects, including about $10 billion through buy-back arrangements. The report linked planned projects to technology...

The report recognized Iran’s earlier capacity to follow modern technology but identified a gap after almost a decade of restricted access. Responses included training officials to manage technological...

About 1.2 million people remained registered as displaced and needing resettlement. Of an estimated 14 million square metres of housing required, about 2 million were complete, according to...

The mission judged rapid output recovery through improvised technology and makeshift repairs near its limits. It called for more thorough improvement of infrastructure and productive facilities,...

The UN mission considered Iran’s low indebtedness favorable for the project financing it sought. It identified viable public and private projects, particularly activities expected to generate their...

The report proposed suitable financing for education and health investments that would not directly generate debt-servicing capacity. It recommended designing such assistance within an overall...