Rabih Yazbeck

Programme Director of the Near East Foundation UK and Senior Practice Area Lead for Inclusive Economic Development and Markets in Emergencies – with a focus on resilience strategies, micro-franchising, peacebuilding through economic collaboration, social and economic innovation, and excluded groups (e.g., gender-based violence survivors in Armenia; economically excluded women entrepreneurs in Palestine; geographically excluded rural communities and marginalised urban youth in Morocco; refugees and vulnerable host communities in Jordan and Lebanon; and women, youth and communities in Darfur and Kordofan, Sudan, facing multi-faceted exclusion). Focal point for training on inclusive market approaches, making markets work for the poor and micro-franchise development.