TY - BOOK AU - Taghdisi-Rad,Sahar TI - The political economy of aid in Palestine: relief from conflict or development delayed? T2 - The Routledge political economy of the Middle East and North Africa series SN - 0415563259 AV - HC415.25.Z9 P636 2011 U1 - 338.910956953 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Economic assistance KW - Palestine KW - Economic conditions N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -