63% of Tripoli residents are poor while employment level tops 40%

Al Mustaqbal newspaper published a report yesterday regarding the indicators pertaining to the productive, economic and service sectors in Tripoli which appear to be rather negative despite the substantial number of economic support programmes earmarked for Tripoli but which have yet to be implemented.  The newspaper uses the results published during the conference on social and economic development in Tripoli and which was organized last week by the Syndicate of Engineers.  According to these results, the proportion of poverty in Tripoli has reached 63% compared to less than 1% in Beirut.  This percentage increases further to reach 70% in Bab el Tebbaneh and Soueyqah with 28.6% people living in abject poverty. Furthermore, the level of employment was estimated at 40% and 48% for youngsters.

(Source: Al- Mustaqbal 22 December, 2014)