QUEST: Recovering Businesses in Lebanon II

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QUEST: Recovering Businesses in Lebanon II

The number of women entrepreneurs in Lebanon is quite low, and most women-owned businesses in the country are not formally registered, making it difficult for these women to access financing from banks. Women entrepreneurs often must use their personal savings to start their businesses, and expansion is limited to investments that can be made from subsequent earnings. Furthermore, women entrepreneurs do not have access to capacity strengthening opportunities, nor to resources that lead to business growth. Since the economic meltdown that began in 2019, Lebanese women and youth entrepreneurs, particularly those in remote and peri-urban areas, have been disproportionately affected. 

The second phase of the QUEST project, funded by Kerk in Actie (KiA), continues to promote social cohesion and equality between men and women in Lebanon through economic empowerment and the advancement of fair and safe working conditions. Women entrepreneurs will benefit from an enabling, inclusive economic environment to grow their micro and small enterpresis while creating new job opportunities. 

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