West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty
This Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) seeks to evaluate the conditions under which the Palestinian private sector currently operates in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza strip. This assessment is both an update and expansion...
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ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL AGRICULTURE BANK ACCOUNT BANK SERVICES BANKING SECTOR BANKS BARRIER TO ENTRY BINDING CONSTRAINT BOOK VALUE BORROWING BRIBE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL USE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS CONSTRAINTS ON INVESTMENT CORRUPTION COUNTRY COMPARISONS CRISES CURRENCY DEFLATORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC TRANSACTIONS ECONOMIC VOLATILITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVELS EIB EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINTS ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUAL TREATMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY FINANCING EQUITY FUNDS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY INVESTORS EQUITY MARKET EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACILITATION FACTOR MARKETS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN MARKETS FUND MANAGEMENT GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUP OF FIRMS GROWTH RATE GUARANTEE AGENCY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITY INEFFICIENCY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INNOVATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVENTORY INVESTING INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT CORPORATION INVESTMENT FUND INVESTMENT HORIZON LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF COMPETITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAWS LEGISLATION LIMITED ACCESS LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATIONS LOAN GUARANTEES |
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ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL AGRICULTURE BANK ACCOUNT BANK SERVICES BANKING SECTOR BANKS BARRIER TO ENTRY BINDING CONSTRAINT BOOK VALUE BORROWING BRIBE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL USE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS CONSTRAINTS ON INVESTMENT CORRUPTION COUNTRY COMPARISONS CRISES CURRENCY DEFLATORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC TRANSACTIONS ECONOMIC VOLATILITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVELS EIB EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINTS ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUAL TREATMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY FINANCING EQUITY FUNDS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY INVESTORS EQUITY MARKET EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACILITATION FACTOR MARKETS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN MARKETS FUND MANAGEMENT GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUP OF FIRMS GROWTH RATE GUARANTEE AGENCY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITY INEFFICIENCY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INNOVATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVENTORY INVESTING INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT CORPORATION INVESTMENT FUND INVESTMENT HORIZON LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF COMPETITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAWS LEGISLATION LIMITED ACCESS LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATIONS LOAN GUARANTEES World Bank Group West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty |
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This Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
seeks to evaluate the conditions under which the Palestinian
private sector currently operates in the West Bank
(including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza strip. This
assessment is both an update and expansion on a similar
assessment undertaken by the World Bank in 2006. As such, it
provides both a snapshot of the investment climate in 2013,
as well as a longitudinal view of what has changed in the
intervening seven years and, just as importantly, what has
not. Where relevant, it also compares indicators of the
Palestinian investment climate with those of other countries
in the region and beyond. The objective of this assessment
is to provide the Palestinian business community, the
Palestinian Authority (PA), and the international
development community with an empirical analysis of the
investment climate under which Palestinian businesses
operate. The report describes the key constraints on
business and investment and identifies reform priorities for
those aspects of the investment climate and constraints
which are within the PA's control, as well as some
policy recommendations for areas outside of the PA's
control, but within the domain of development partner
assistance agendas and/or Israeli policies. This analysis is
intended to inform Palestinian policy-maker actions to
improve the business environment. It can also help inform
the actions of other concerned parties, including the
international development community, regional actors, and
the Government of Israel regarding policies that affect
Palestinian economic growth and sustainability. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) |
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World Bank Group |
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West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty |
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West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty |
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West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty |
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West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty |
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West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty |
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west bank and gaza investment climate assessment : fragmentation and uncertainty |
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Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20189765/west-bank-gaza-investment-climate-assessment-fragmentation-uncertainty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20268 |
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okr-10986-202682021-04-23T14:03:55Z West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty World Bank Group ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL AGRICULTURE BANK ACCOUNT BANK SERVICES BANKING SECTOR BANKS BARRIER TO ENTRY BINDING CONSTRAINT BOOK VALUE BORROWING BRIBE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL USE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS CONSTRAINTS ON INVESTMENT CORRUPTION COUNTRY COMPARISONS CRISES CURRENCY DEFLATORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC TRANSACTIONS ECONOMIC VOLATILITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVELS EIB EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINTS ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUAL TREATMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY FINANCING EQUITY FUNDS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY INVESTORS EQUITY MARKET EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACILITATION FACTOR MARKETS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN MARKETS FUND MANAGEMENT GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUP OF FIRMS GROWTH RATE GUARANTEE AGENCY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITY INEFFICIENCY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INNOVATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVENTORY INVESTING INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT CORPORATION INVESTMENT FUND INVESTMENT HORIZON LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF COMPETITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAWS LEGISLATION LIMITED ACCESS LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATIONS LOAN GUARANTEES This Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) seeks to evaluate the conditions under which the Palestinian private sector currently operates in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza strip. This assessment is both an update and expansion on a similar assessment undertaken by the World Bank in 2006. As such, it provides both a snapshot of the investment climate in 2013, as well as a longitudinal view of what has changed in the intervening seven years and, just as importantly, what has not. Where relevant, it also compares indicators of the Palestinian investment climate with those of other countries in the region and beyond. The objective of this assessment is to provide the Palestinian business community, the Palestinian Authority (PA), and the international development community with an empirical analysis of the investment climate under which Palestinian businesses operate. The report describes the key constraints on business and investment and identifies reform priorities for those aspects of the investment climate and constraints which are within the PA's control, as well as some policy recommendations for areas outside of the PA's control, but within the domain of development partner assistance agendas and/or Israeli policies. This analysis is intended to inform Palestinian policy-maker actions to improve the business environment. It can also help inform the actions of other concerned parties, including the international development community, regional actors, and the Government of Israel regarding policies that affect Palestinian economic growth and sustainability. 2014-09-29T21:42:20Z 2014-09-29T21:42:20Z 2014-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20189765/west-bank-gaza-investment-climate-assessment-fragmentation-uncertainty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20268 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa West Bank and Gaza |