Final UN annex records industrial estates as a reconstruction-policy instrument

After the ceasefire, industrial funding initially emphasized restoring output by replacing lost equipment and parts. The annex distinguished this emphasis from improving productivity, technology and...

Bisotoon Sugar Refinery financed its own complete reconstruction without applying for government grants or bank credits. The annex used this established private plant as an example of financing that...

A program facilitating private entrepreneurs’ return to the war zone began in 1989, when the area became safe to re-enter. The annex described grants supporting rehabilitation and renewed activity,...

Abadan’s government-owned oxygen plant and paint factory were rebuilding with the same type of grants offered to private industry. The annex showed that the support mechanism served both ownership...

Responsibility for preparing a five-year reconstruction plan for the Abadan–Khorramshahr area was assigned to a private company. The annex described a planning role, not transfer of authority over...

Government-subsidized industrial construction had to comply with existing building codes, particularly for earthquake resistance. The annex identified safe factory and workshop construction as a...

In Khorramshahr, all but a few mechanized production units were still in ruins at assessment, though many reconstruction plans were advanced. The annex distinguished this devastated area from...

Some mobile craftsmen, including tailors, bakers and welders, preferred to stay in their new home areas rather than return. The annex noted incentives to attract them back, while reporting little...

About 35 Qasr-e-Shirin brick makers whose units had been demolished were regrouping into three larger nearby enterprises under construction. The annex recorded consolidation during rebuilding, not...

Skilled workers for the rehabilitated Khorramshahr soap plant had to be brought from Tehran. The annex identified this local exception to generally adequate labor availability during industrial...