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Economic and Social Development – 1995

Prior to the establishment of the Economic and Social Council, the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) worked on reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure. In 1995 the CDR said that the state would launch schemes worth $3.5 billion to rebuild its war-ravaged infrastructure.[fn]”Lebanon to launch reconstruction projects worth 3.5 billion dollars,” Agence France Presse, January 16, 1995.[/efn_note] The efforts to rebuild infrastructure were supported by Arab countries.