Long-Term Policy Options for the Palestinian Economy

In light of deteriorating economic relations between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, and suspended peace negotiations, it is timely at this juncture between the lapsed Interim Period and a final status agreement to examine past experience with a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES AUTONOMY BORDER POLICY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION COMMON MARKET COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS COST SAVINGS CPI CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC LABOR DOMESTIC LABOR MARKET ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMICS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM MODEL EXOGENOUS SHOCK EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT SECTORS EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTERNAL TARIFF FACTOR ACCUMULATION FINAL GOODS FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN WORKERS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA GDP PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH MODEL GROWTH POLICY GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT PRICES IMPORTED INPUTS IMPORTS INCOME INCOME CONVERGENCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE GROWTH LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INTEGRATION LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR POLICIES LABOR SERVICES LABOR SUPPLY LEGAL INSTITUTIONS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET OUTCOMES MARKET SEGMENTATION NATIONAL INCOME OPEN BORDERS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION GROWTH PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES REAL GDP REAL INCOME REDUCING TRANSACTIONS COSTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RISK PREMIUM RULES OF ORIGIN SERVICE DELIVERY SPECIALIZATION STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE DEFICIT TRADE DEFLECTION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE PARTNER TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME TRADE REGIMES TRADE RULES TRADE VOLUMES TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VALUE ADDED WAGE GAP WAGES WELFARE LOSS WELFARE LOSSES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO ECONOMIC POLICY & PLANNING ECONOMIC POLICY POLITICAL ASPECTS POLICY MAKING CONFLICT AREAS ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY DISPUTED TERRITORIES POLITICAL RISKS SECURITY MEASURES TRANSACTION COSTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS POLICY FRAMEWORK PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CUSTOMS UNIONS VALUE ADDED TAXES ACCESS TO MARKETS LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AUTONOMY & INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE BUILDING UNCERTAINTY SOCIAL COSTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2501140/long-term-policy-options-palestinian-economy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15274