7 Social Issues and Social Expenditure
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International Monetary Fund
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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
09 Nov 1999
Keywords:
BOOK; economy; Pennsylvania; wage; infrastructure needs; UNRWA school; School attendance; refugee population; School enrollment; refugees in the West Bank; Population growth; Housing; Middle East

Abstract

Developments in the Palestinian economy have had a substantial impact on social conditions. The poor economic performance in 1994-98 led to declining per capita income, and real GDP per capita in the West Bank and Gaza is estimated to have been about 15 percent lower, and unemployment about twice as high, in 1998 as in 1993. Private consumption per capita was about 10-15 percent lower in real terms.

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Economic Developments in the Five Years Since Oslo
ISBN:
9781557758279
Publication Date:
09 Nov 1999
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557758279.071
Pages:
100