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The Palestinian economy has been in a very difficult situation in 2020 facing triple crises. GDP is expected to contract by 8%.
The Palestinian economy has been in a very difficult situation in 2020 facing triple crises. GDP is expected to contract by 8%.
Kanthan Shankar, Country Director for West Bank and Gaza, interviews Basma Ali, a winner of the Bank’s SDGs and Her competition.
The World Bank’s engagement in the Palestinian territories began in November 1992.
The program aims to prevent, detect and support immediate response to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen the Palestinian health systems for public health preparedness.
The fiscal position for Palestinian Territories has worsened not only due to the outbreak but also due to a political standoff that is disrupting the flow of revenues.
The World Bank’s biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report finds that the rate of extreme poverty in the MENA region rose from 3.8% in 2015 to 7.2% in 2018 — the latest year for which data is available.
The World Bank and the German Development Cooperation have joined efforts to take a fresh look at reconstruction, development, and the transition to sustainable peace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and ...
The Mashreq region has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade.
Twice yearly, the Bank reports on Palestinian economic development to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, a policy-level meeting for development assistance to the Palestinian people. The World Bank is secretariat to this body, ...
