Taghdisi-Rad, Sahar.

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.

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Economic assistance--Palestine


Palestine--Economic conditions

HC415.25.Z9 / P636 2011

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