Assessments

FOREWORD A rapidly changing socio economic environment in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) creates a dire need for reliable updated, socio-economic information to gauge the changing living conditions for Palestinian households. In the current circumstances the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), international and…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since December 2008, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been implementing project OSRO/GAZ/803/CAN, entitled "Emergency support to small ruminant farmers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to maintain the productivity of their…

INTRODUCTION In spite of the continued blockade on the Gaza Strip, more than 100 participants from UN agencies, NGOs and public and private sectors, met in Gaza City to share information on what they have done to aid early recovery…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main objective of this joint WFP/FAO rapid qualitative Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) was to guide possible adjustments of food security, agriculture and livelihood interventions in the Gaza Strip in the next 2-6 months, and, as far…

(extract) The EC and UNRWA Since 2000, the EC has contributed over EUR 500 million towards the General Fund. In 2008 the EU contributions represented 62% of total regular budget contributions. A Partnership Overview The European Commission's contributions to UNRWA can be broken…

Executive Summary Background Since the onset of the Israeli occupation in 1967, the economy of the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) has been an "income economy" rather than a "production economy"-making the WBGS extremely vulnerable to the Israeli labour and…

1. Executive summary The purpose of this assessment was twofold. The first objective was to get a sense of the impact on household economic security of the financial restrictions imposed on the Palestinian Authority (PA) after the…

Executive Summary The occupied Palestinian Territories have a low HDI, and ranks number 102 in the 2005 Human Development report (UNDP 2005), with 67% of the population living below the monetary poverty line. In 2006, the unemployment is given as…

This paper examines the humanitarian risks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the coming months. It warns of an extremely bleak humanitarian situation for the Palestinian people. The analysis has been organised according to three scenarios. Scenario 1…

Summary WFP began operating in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) in 1991 when a series of smallscale interventions targeting specific vulnerable groups were implemented through local Palestinian institutions. Throughout the 1990s and up to 2002, WFP activities ranged from relief, recovery…