Final UN report assesses Iran’s prospects for reconstruction project financing

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...

Iran sought to attract trained personnel who had emigrated. The report also described expected on-the-job skills transfer through foreign-participation projects and longer-term vocational,...

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 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...

The mission identified acute technical-assistance needs in social services. It highlighted a role for experienced private organizations supporting people physically disabled by war or traumatized by...

The mission recommended a round-table under UN or other appropriate auspices for Iran, UN Member States and relevant agencies to discuss reconstruction cooperation. It anticipated at least six...

Iran supplied a final assessment of economic war damage with details additional to those given to the first UN mission. The final UN report used this new government documentation in reviewing...

To assess reconstruction needs, the UN mission focused on direct damage in non-military sectors. Its analysis excluded armed-forces machinery, equipment, materials and goods; the resulting estimate...