{"id":3705,"date":"2017-04-27T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-04T03:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T01:31:21","slug":"epalestine-new-report-world-bank-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/04\/epalestine-new-report-world-bank-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW REPORT: World Bank calls to stop the deterioration of the Palestinian economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">World Bank <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JERUSALEM, April 27, 2017<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\" style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">NEW REPORT: World Bank calls to stop the deterioration of the Palestinian economy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/ePalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image010-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/ePalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image010-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3706\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&#8220;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><em><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">One   third of Palestinians are out of work and more than half of the youth   in Gaza are jobless. Gaza is on the verge of a human catastrophe<\/span><\/em><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.  <\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Such a critical<\/span><\/em><em><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">situation is not in anyone&#8217;s interest. Concerted  <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">efforts  <\/span><\/em><em><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">by   all sides are needed to bring a real change on the ground, boost   economic growth and provide hope and prospects for Palestinians,&#8221;  <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">said  <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Marina Wes, World Bank Country Director for West Bank and Gaza<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><span style=\"color: white; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Release<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><\/strong>          <\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: rgb(237 , 125 , 49) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><span style=\"color: white; font-size: 12pt;\">Press Release<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2017\/04\/27\/world-bank-calls-for-decisive-policies-by-all-parties-to-stop-the-deterioration-of-the-palestinian-economy\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">World   Bank Calls for Decisive Policies by All Parties to Stop the Deterioration of the Palestinian Economy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220bumpedfont15\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albankaldawli.org\/ar\/news\/press-release\/2017\/04\/27\/world-bank-calls-for-decisive-policies-by-all-parties-to-stop-the-deterioration-of-the-palestinian-economy\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-JO\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0643  <\/span><\/strong><strong><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-EG\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0644\u064a \u064a\u062f\u0639\u0648 \u0643\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0641 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0639 \u0633\u064a\u0627\u0633\u0627\u062a \u062d\u0627\u0633\u0645\u0629 \u0644\u0648\u0642\u0641 \u062a\u062f\u0647\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0642\u062a\u0635\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0644\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: rgb(237 , 125 , 49) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: white; font-size: 12pt;\">Report<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"right\" dir=\"RTL\"><strong><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.65pt; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/documents.worldbank.org\/curated\/en\/509131493126715531\/pdf\/114551-v1-WP-PUBLIC-4-26-May-2017-AHLC-World-Bank-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">Economic   Monitoring Report to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee &#8211; May 4, 2017<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\" dir=\"RTL\"><strong><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.65pt; line-height: 150%;\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><span dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/documents.worldbank.org\/curated\/en\/733471493127050647\/executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\"><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">\u062a\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0642\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0642\u062a\u0635\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0631\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0637   \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0635- \u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648\/\u0623\u064a\u0627\u0631 2017<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\"> &#8211;  <\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); text-transform: uppercase;\">&nbsp;\u0645\u0644\u062e\u0635 \u062a\u0646\u0641\u064a\u0630\u064a<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: rgb(237 , 125 , 49) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: white; font-size: 12pt;\">Video<\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"right\" dir=\"RTL\"><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220watch-title\"><strong><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sxtTYO6TmtI&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">Lack   of electricity in Gaza affects two million people<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220watch-title\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220watch-title\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i9ua54nTMTs&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">\u064a\u062a\u0623\u062b\u0631   \u0645\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0646\u0627 \u0634\u062e\u0635 \u0641\u064a \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0628\u0646\u0642\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0621<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220watch-title\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qce4ijVyB_Q&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">&nbsp;<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">2 \u05de\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e2\u05d6\u05d4 \u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05e4\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05de\u05d7\u05e1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05d7\u05e9\u05de\u05dc<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><\/strong><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220watch-title\"><strong><span dir=\"LTR\" lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56); font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yQUU2ZwrapQ&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: rgb(59 , 56 , 56);\">Deux   millions de personnes \u00e0 Gaza sont en manque d&#8217;\u00e9lectricit\u00e9<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220watch-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-m_-1244921951429815220watch-title\"><span lang=\"EN\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<wbr><\/wbr>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Everything about this list:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p>\n<p>To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Bank JERUSALEM, April 27, 2017 NEW REPORT: World Bank calls to stop the deterioration of the Palestinian economy &nbsp;&#8220;One third of Palestinians are out of work and more than half of the youth in Gaza are jobless. Gaza is on the verge of a human catastrophe. Such a criticalsituation is not in anyone&#8217;s interest. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[963,944],"tags":[35,40,94],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-3705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-reports-on-palestine","tag-economy","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-world-bank"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aim.ps\/\">Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justvision.org\/\">Just Vision<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.ps\">The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour is the co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homeland-Oral-Histories-Palestine-Palestinians\/dp\/1566561329\/ref=la_B00HBW71SO_1_1\">Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/06\/epalestine-kingdom-of-olives-and-ash\/\">Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lithub.com\/the-tallest-man-in-ramallah\/\">The Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamBahour\">@SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\">www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5863,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions\/5863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}