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Seeing is Believing : Poverty in the Palestinian Territories

The Palestinian Territories have a uniquely fragmented geography, characterized by the isolation of Gaza from the rest of the world, and the man-made barriers to mobility within the West Bank. The internal mobility restrictions imposed by Israel, u...

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Main Authors: Vishwanath, Tara, Blankespoor, Brian, Calandra, Faythe, Krishnan, Nandini, Mahadevan, Meera, Yoshida, Nobuo
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
ACCESS TO MARKETS
AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES
BENEFICIARIES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CONSUMPTION DATA
CORRELATES OF POVERTY
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DISADVANTAGED AREAS
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
EXTREME POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF ACCESS
POOR
POOR PEOPLE
POOR POPULATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY INDICES
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS
POVERTY SERIES
REGIONAL LEVEL
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAMPLE SIZE
SANITATION
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SPATIAL VARIATIONS
TARGETING
VULNERABLE GROUPS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20145345/seeing-believing-poverty-palestinian-territories
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22598
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Summary:The Palestinian Territories have a uniquely fragmented geography, characterized by the isolation of Gaza from the rest of the world, and the man-made barriers to mobility within the West Bank. The internal mobility restrictions imposed by Israel, unique to the West Bank, play an important role in explaining spatial variations in outcomes within the West Bank. This is strikingly analogous to the role of Gaza s external barriers in explaining the divergence between the West Bank and Gaza. These have consequences for poverty and economic development. Detailed analysis using a series of labor force and household surveys were undertaken as part of the West Bank and Gaza Poverty and Inclusion Assessment, Coping with Conflict? The analysis shows that over the last decade, internal and external barriers have been associated with tremendous constraints to growth and investment, which is evident in high rates of unemployment, especially in Gaza and among women and youth.

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