期刊名称:Departmental Discussion Papers / University of Glasgow, Department of Economics
出版年度:2008
卷号:1
出版社:University of Glasgow, Department of Economics
摘要:Israeli security measures, which were increased in response to the Intifada in 2000, have
imposed a major cost on the economy of the West Bank and Gaza, and are heavily
undercutting its current and future developmental capacity. The closures regime - the
multi-faceted system of restrictions on the movement of goods and people both within the
West Bank and Gaza and through Israel to the rest of the world - along with construction
of the ¡°Separation Barrier¡± have fragmented the West Bank¡¯s and Gaza¡¯s economic
space, and have further reduced their productive potential. The aim of this paper is to
estimate the economic costs of the closures regime on the Palestinian economy.