IMF Staff Country Reports

West Bank and Gaza Strip: Recent Economic Developments and Prospects and Progress in Institution Building: Background Paper Issued in Connection with the 1995 Article IV Consultation with Israel

November 7, 1995

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West Bank and Gaza Strip: Recent Economic Developments and Prospects and Progress in Institution Building: Background Paper Issued in Connection with the 1995 Article IV Consultation with Israel, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This paper reviews institutional arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS), the structural features of the economy, and macroeconomic developments and prospects during the 1990s. The paper discusses the technical assistance that the IMF staff has been providing in response to requests from the Palestinian Authority and the donor community in the areas of fiscal policy and administration, banking, statistics, and training. A review of IMF–World Bank collaboration and donors’ financial assistance is also presented.

Subject: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Labor, National accounts, Private investment, Public financial management (PFM), Public investment spending

Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, CR, Donor community, Eastern Europe, Fund staff, Government, ISCR, PA authority, PA Finance Ministry, PA policy, PA revenue, Private investment, Private sector investment, Public investment spending, Real GNP, Staff

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    90

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1995/106

  • Stock No:

    1WBGEA0011995

  • ISBN:

    9781451840629

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

Notes

This report on recent economic developments on the West Bank and Gaza Strip was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation issued in connection with the periodic consultation with Israel. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.

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