Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy

This is the first report to systematically evaluate and quantify the economic potential of Area C, which constitutes approximately 61 percent of the West Bank. The report reveals that lifting the restrictions on economic activity in Area C could have a large positive impact on Palestinian GDP, publ...

Mô tả đầy đủ

Đã lưu trong:
Chi tiết về thư mục
Những tác giả chính: Niksic, Orhan, NasserEddin, Nur, Cali, Massimiliano
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: World Bank 2015
Những chủ đề:
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/56501
Các nhãn: Thêm thẻ
Không có thẻ, Là người đầu tiên thẻ bản ghi này!
Thư viện lưu trữ: Thư viện Trường Đại học Đà Lạt
id oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-56501
record_format dspace
spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-565012023-11-11T05:37:30Z Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy Niksic, Orhan NasserEddin, Nur Cali, Massimiliano Area c of west bank Economic impact of restriction Palestinian construction secto Palestinian tourism sector and This is the first report to systematically evaluate and quantify the economic potential of Area C, which constitutes approximately 61 percent of the West Bank. The report reveals that lifting the restrictions on economic activity in Area C could have a large positive impact on Palestinian GDP, public finances, and employment prospects. Among other things, access to economic activity in Area C is expected to be a key prerequisite for building a sustainable Palestinian economy. However, full potential of the Area C could be materialized only if other restrictions on free movement of goods, labor and capital are removed and the overall business environment in Palestinian territories has become more attractive. The economic significance of Area C lies in that it is the only contiguous territory in the West Bank, which renders it indispensable to connective infrastructure development across the West Bank, and a relative abundance of natural resources situated therein. Area C offers large potential for the development of several sectors of the Palestinian economy: agriculture, stone and mineral processing, cosmetics, construction, tourism, and telecommunications. The report shows that access to economic activity in Area C could increase the Palestinian GDP by as much as 35 percent, the majority of this impact would stem from agriculture and Dead Sea minerals processing industries, as well as the multiplier effect, which has been estimated at 1.5. Although the importance of building connective infrastructure through Area C is discussed in the report, the quantification of this impact is beyond the scope of this report. An increase in GDP of 35 percent, although thought to be a conservative estimate, would be expected to result in at least $800 million increase in tax revenues for the Palestinian authority, which would drastically reduce its dependence on donor aid for financing chronic budget deficits. 2015-06-15T06:41:11Z 2015-06-15T06:41:11Z 2014 Book 9781464801938 9781464801969 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/56501 en application/pdf World Bank
institution Thư viện Trường Đại học Đà Lạt
collection Thư viện số
language English
topic Area c of west bank
Economic impact of restriction
Palestinian construction secto
Palestinian tourism sector and
spellingShingle Area c of west bank
Economic impact of restriction
Palestinian construction secto
Palestinian tourism sector and
Niksic, Orhan
NasserEddin, Nur
Cali, Massimiliano
Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy
description This is the first report to systematically evaluate and quantify the economic potential of Area C, which constitutes approximately 61 percent of the West Bank. The report reveals that lifting the restrictions on economic activity in Area C could have a large positive impact on Palestinian GDP, public finances, and employment prospects. Among other things, access to economic activity in Area C is expected to be a key prerequisite for building a sustainable Palestinian economy. However, full potential of the Area C could be materialized only if other restrictions on free movement of goods, labor and capital are removed and the overall business environment in Palestinian territories has become more attractive. The economic significance of Area C lies in that it is the only contiguous territory in the West Bank, which renders it indispensable to connective infrastructure development across the West Bank, and a relative abundance of natural resources situated therein. Area C offers large potential for the development of several sectors of the Palestinian economy: agriculture, stone and mineral processing, cosmetics, construction, tourism, and telecommunications. The report shows that access to economic activity in Area C could increase the Palestinian GDP by as much as 35 percent, the majority of this impact would stem from agriculture and Dead Sea minerals processing industries, as well as the multiplier effect, which has been estimated at 1.5. Although the importance of building connective infrastructure through Area C is discussed in the report, the quantification of this impact is beyond the scope of this report. An increase in GDP of 35 percent, although thought to be a conservative estimate, would be expected to result in at least $800 million increase in tax revenues for the Palestinian authority, which would drastically reduce its dependence on donor aid for financing chronic budget deficits.
format Book
author Niksic, Orhan
NasserEddin, Nur
Cali, Massimiliano
author_facet Niksic, Orhan
NasserEddin, Nur
Cali, Massimiliano
author_sort Niksic, Orhan
title Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy
title_short Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy
title_full Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy
title_fullStr Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy
title_full_unstemmed Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy
title_sort area c and the future of the palestinian economy
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2015
url https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/56501
_version_ 1782535731934134272