Applications From Female Owned or Led MSEs (out of total applications received)
29%
Through MFI
795
Through Kafalat
173
Applications From Persons with Disability Owned or Led MSEs (out of total applications received)
21
Applications Received by Zones
Average Number of Employees per MSE (total and segregate MFIs and Kafalat)
2
Through MFI
1
Through Kafalat
8
Average Recovery Needs Reported by MSEs (total and segregate MFIs and Kafalat)
$15.8K
Through MFI
$5.7K
Through Kafalat
$74.1K
Grants
Grants Approved (out of total applications received)
2,948 out of3,313
Through MFI
2,558
Through Kafalat
390
Average Grants Size
$5K
Through MFI
$3.9K
Through Kafalat
$11.8K
Approved Grants to Female Owned or Led MSEs (out of Total Approved Grants)
29%
Through MFI
706
Through Kafalat
143
Approved Grants To Persons with Disability Owned or Led MSEs (out of Total Approved Grants)
1%
Through MFI
12
Through Kafalat
9
Grants by Sector
Tourism
187
Industry
149
Handicrafts
55
Information Technology
39
Trade
1,430
Professions
1,088
Grants by Legal Form of Business
Grants by Type
The B5 Fund is a $25 million Fund, financed by the
Lebanese Financing facility
(LFF)
, a multi-donor trust
fund established in December 2020, and managed by the World Bank. The Fund aims to pool grant resources and
strengthen the coherence and coordination of financing in support of the immediate socio-economic recovery
of vulnerable people and businesses impacted by the Port of Beirut explosion of August 4, 2020.