The political economy of aid in Palestine : relief from conflict or development delayed? /
Sahar Taghdisi-Rad.
- First edition.
- xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- The Routledge political economy of the Middle East and North Africa series .
- Routledge political economy of the Middle East and North Africa series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Aid effectiveness debate disputed -- Palestinian economic performance and donor response: a pre-and post -- intifada analysis -- (De- )development and collapse of Palestinian trade: 1967 -- present -- Trade-related assistance in Palestine -- Evaluation of the trends in donor assistance to Palestine -- Conclusion.
This book examines donor operations in Palestine, discussing how trade-related assistance is only an instance of donors working 'around' the Israeli-Palestine conflict and how aid to Palestine cannot bring about significant improvement as long as the Palestinian economy is affected by Israeli occupation, settlement and blockade.