UN and World Bank to issue two reports on bleak state of Palestinian economy
The United Nations and the World Bank will present tomorrow in Jerusalem findings from two reports exploring the impact
of conflict on the bleak state of the Palestinian economy.
Exploring the devastation in the West Bank's productive sectors, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace
Process, Terje Roed-Larsen, will discuss results from a report entitled: "The Impact of Closure and other Mobility
Restrictions on Palestinian Productive Activities." It includes micro-economic analysis and numerous case studies about
the impact of the crisis on firms and families.
The World Bank study, "Two Years of Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis," complements the UN report by
providing a major macro-economic analysis of the conflict. The Bank's Director for the West Bank and Gaza, Nigel Roberts
will present it.