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Contents: Nature and purposes of the recovery movement; New relations between business and government; The changing status of labor; Recovery and the consumer; Some aspects of national recovery.

The Government, the ICTU, the FUE. the CII, the CIF, the IFA, Macra na Feirme and the ICOS, conscious of the grave state of our economic and social life, have agreed on this Programme to seek to regenerate our economy and improve the social equity of our society through their combined efforts. The principles that should govern such efforts were set out in the National Economic and Social Council study A Strategy, for Development 1985-1990 -- 2. The Programme will cover the period to end-1990. It envisages progress being made in that period in four broad areas -- (i) creation of a fiscal, exchange rate and monetary climate conducive to economic growth -- (ii) movement towards greater equity and fairness in the tax system -- (iii) diminishing or removing social inequities in our society; and (iv) intensification of practical measures to generate increased job oppotunities on a sectoral basis.

The framework for reform, recovery, and reconstruction (the 3RF) is part of a comprehensive response to the massive explosion on the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. It is a people-centered recovery and reconstruction framework focusing on a period of 18 months that will bridge the immediate humanitarian response and the medium-term recovery and reconstruction efforts to put Lebanon on a path of sustainable development. The overall objective of the 3RF is to help address the urgent needs of the affected population and ensure that results are delivered through an efficient, timely, and well-coordinated recovery and reconstruction effort, with the involvement of all stakeholders and support from the international community. The 3RF is structured around four strategic pillars: (1) improving governance and accountability; (2) jobs and opportunities; (3) social protection, inclusion, and culture; and (4) improving services and infrastructure. Each pillar identifies a set of strategic objectives and priority areas across both the recovery track and the reform and reconstruction track. The 3RF is also designed to contribute to: (a) consensus-building among the government of Lebanon and Lebanese non-state actors on the required enabling policy environment and on priorities for recovery and reconstruction; (b) an agreed reconstruction and recovery framework between Lebanese society and development partners; (c) a programmatic and integrated approach across all sectors; (d) harmonized financing that aligns with the framework; and (e) a gradual transition from humanitarian response to recovery and reconstruction. The report is organized as follows: section one gives context and key challenges; section two presents 3RF scope and strategic objectives; section three presents macroeconomic stabilization as a foundation for recovery and reconstruction; section four discusses the 3RF pillars; section five gives institutional and monitoring arrangements; and section six presents 3RF financing strategy.

AbstractThis article discusses the "uncoordinated" critique of the disaster recovery process and the current attempt to address the issue through the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF). Scholars have identified that the topic of coordination in disaster recovery is one that needs policy attention and it is laudable that the federal government has provided such focused attention by way of the NDRF. Yet, it is also important to critically examine whether the NDRF's proposed recovery coordination vision – the local disaster recovery manager – is a reasonable foundation upon which to address the issues of recovery processes nationwide. This article examines this issue by discussing the extent to which the NDRF recovery manager role is consistent with what the literature would suggest, the extent to which the NDRF role is needed, and the extent to which it is possible that the NDRF-depicted local role be fulfilled across the country. Implications for the vision set out in the NDRF and recommendations for future research are discussed in light of this analysis.

This document is a policy framework drawn out of the Fourth National Development Plan 1989-1993. The basic aim is to programme the implementation of the policies elaborated in the development plan