The learning process confirmed that in Gaza’s crisis and post-conflict context, private sector engagement must start with foundational enablers such as site clearance, water, energy, and connectivity. Market-facing investments are not viable unless these prerequisites are addressed first, making sequencing a core investment principle. A key insight was that the real value of the Investor Map lies in structuring a coherent investment portfolio rather than promoting isolated projects. Interlinked investment opportunity areas, where foundational infrastructure de-risks productive value chains, are far more credible and attractive to investors in fragile settings. The work showed that de-risking cannot be treated as a later financing step. In high-risk environments like Gaza, investment design, impact integrity, and risk-mitigation mechanisms must be integrated from the outset for opportunities to be considered investable. Scenario-based planning proved essential to translating uncertainty into actionable pathways. Differentiating between restricted recovery and stabilization phases enabled alignment of investment opportunities with varying investor risk appetites and time horizons. The process reinforced that UNDP’s comparative advantage is strongest when acting as a system architect rather than a deal promoter. Convening actors, aligning national priorities with SDGs, and shaping enabling and de-risking frameworks are what allow private capital to engage meaningfully in recovery and reconstruction contexts.

The Investor Map outputs were formally handed over to the UNDP/PAPP governance and programme teams to ensure alignment with national recovery priorities and ongoing coordination mechanisms. This included sharing the full Investor Map report, priority IOA datasets, and recommendations on governance, sequencing, and de-risking frameworks. The governance team will lead further institutional anchoring, coordination with national counterparts, and integration of the Investor Map into broader recovery, reconstruction, and investment mobilization processes.

The combination of crisis-adapted innovation methods, non-traditional data, and unusual partners made it possible to generate insights that would not have emerged through standard programme or policy analysis. Satellite imagery and rapid damage assessments provided an objective, system-level view of destruction and constraints, while in-depth interviews and private sector surveys revealed restart capacity, market behavior, and risk perceptions that are typically invisible in humanitarian data. Working closely with private sector associations, financial institutions, and technical partners alongside UN teams enabled the triangulation of humanitarian, economic, and investment perspectives. This interplay allowed the team to move beyond describing needs and instead identify feasible, sequenced, and de-risked investment pathways grounded in real market dynamics under extreme fragility.