Publication: A Palestinian State in Two Years: Institutions for Economic Revival
Date
2009-09-22
ISSN
Published
2009-09-22
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
On August 25, 2009, the 13th Government
of the Palestinian Authority (PA) presented a program
entitled "Palestine: ending the occupation,
establishing the state" (hereafter referred to as the
program) outlining several national goals, including the
achievement of 'economic independence and national
prosperity'. The program accords high priority to the
development of the public institutions of the PA in order to
achieve the stated national goals. It acknowledges that
maintaining an efficient and effective public sector that
provides citizens with high quality services and value for
money is a constant challenge. No amount of well-functioning
institutions, will, however, lead to economic growth in the
absence of access to markets, whether within the West Bank
and Gaza, in Israel, or in the rest of the world. In this
regard, the recent developments in easing of movement and
access restrictions by the Government of Israel (GoI)
represent a welcome first step. The GoI has taken steps to
ease movement restrictions in the West Bank and to allow
greater access to West Bank markets for Arab citizens of
Israel. In the first half of 2009, the political stalemate
in Gaza continued and the economy stagnated. The West Bank
economy is showing signs of new growth, so that it is
possible that for the first time in years, West Bank and
Gaza (WB&G) may have positive per capita Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth in 2009.
Citation
“World Bank. 2009. A Palestinian State in Two Years : Institutions for Economic Revival. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28090 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”