Poverty in the West Bank and Gaza

Poverty in the West Bank and Gaza

This report's overarching objective is to increase understanding of the causes of poverty in order to find ways to reduce it among Palestinaians. Three broad messages emerge from this report: 1) Unless the Palestinian territories are able to a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	POVERTY UPDATES LABOR MARKETS POVERTY RATES SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS WAGE RATES JOB CREATION OCCUPIED TERRITORIES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EDUCATIONAL LEVEL INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS EXPORT PERFORMANCE MARKET ACCESS OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INCOME LEVELS INCOME GENERATION SOCIAL INSTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AFFORDABILITY ANALYTICAL WORK AVERAGE CONSUMPTION AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE INCOMES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CENSUS DATA CHILD POVERTY CIVIL SOCIETY COMPARATOR COUNTRIES CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC DEMAND DONOR AID DONOR ASSISTANCE DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ESCAPE POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE FAMILY ASSISTANCE FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FORMAL SAFETY GDP GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GNP GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEAD COUNT INDEX HEAD-COUNT INDEX HEALTH CARE HIGH CONCENTRATION HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME SUPPORT INEQUALITY INSURANCE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL LEVELS LONG RUN LONG TERM LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS OLD AGE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS POOR AREAS POOR BENEFIT POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR PERSON POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INTERVENTIONS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RELIEF PRO-POOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAPID GROWTH REAL GNP REAL INCOMES REAL WAGES REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES STANDARD OF LIVING STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING EFFICIENCY TASK TEAM LEADER TRANSFER PROGRAMS ULTRA POOR UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WELFARE IMPACT WORKING POOR ZAKAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1490181/poverty-west-bank-gaza http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14357

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Summary:	This report's overarching objective is to increase understanding of the causes of poverty in order to find ways to reduce it among Palestinaians. Three broad messages emerge from this report: 1) Unless the Palestinian territories are able to achieve high levels of economic growth, the prospects for future poverty reduction are not encouraging. not only will the number of poor Palestinians grow rapidly, but their share in the population will also increase, which could become a socially destabilizing factor. 2) Unless Palestinians gain greater access to external markets and to better paying jobs, whether in Israel or in higher productivity occupations, it will be difficult for them to escape poverty. Presently, the majority of poor Palestinians live in households headed by working adults in low-paying jobs that do not provide sufficient income to raise their families to a minimally acceptable standard of living. 3) The formal safety net does not have the financial resources necessary to have a significant impact on poverty. Nevertheless, it can play an important role in helping to reduce destitution among households headed by the unemployable poor and even the temporarily unemployed. The report's four chapters compare poverty levels and discuss the microdeterminants of poverty; analyze the impacts of economic growth, income redistribution, and labor markets; detail the poverty map; and discuss improving the social safety net.

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