LEADER 01336nam 22003374a 4500001 99125341690606421 005 20200520144314.0 006 m o d | 007 cr -n--------- 008 040401s2004 enka ob 001 0 eng^^ 020 1-134-33708-6 020 1-134-33709-4 020 1-280-17111-1 020 0-203-39064-4 024 7 10.4324/9780203390641 |2doi 035 (CKB)1000000000360037 035 (EBL)200575 035 (OCoLC)437061367 035 (SSID)ssj0000143728 035 (PQKBManifestationID)11157623 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143728 035 (PQKBWorkID)10121117 035 (PQKB)10986757 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC200575 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL200575 035 (CaPaEBR)ebr10162762 035 (CaONFJC)MIL17111 035 (OCoLC)61366301 035 (EXLCZ)991000000000360037 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 043 a-is--- 050 4 HC415.25 |b.E26 2004 082 0 330.95695/3 |222 245 04 The economics of Palestine : |beconomic policy and institutional reform for a viable Palestinian state / |cedited by David Cobham and Nuaman Kanafani. 250 1st ed. 260 London ;New York : |bRoutledge, |c2004. 300 1 online resource (315 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 490 1 Routledge studies in development economics ; |v40 500 Description based upon print version of record. 505 0 Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The choice of trade regime depends on multiple other factors; Discussion; 3 Alternative currency arrangements; Discussion; 4 Budgetary and fiscal policy; Discussion; 5 The role of the financial sector; Discussion; 6 Company law and corporate governance in Palestine; Discussion; 7 Structuring a pension scheme for a future Palestinian state; Discussion; Discussion; 8 Strategies for economic development, the role of Gaza and the future of the refugee camps; Discussion; 9 Foreign aid strategy 505 8 Discussion10 Absorbing returnees in a viable Palestinian state; Discussion; Discussion; 11 Incomplete contracts, the port of Gaza and the case for economic sovereignty; Discussion; Index 520 This book aims to set the intense political debates on one side in order to do some serious economic analysis. It assumes that a sovereign independent Palestinian state comes into existence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and proceeds to examine the economic policies and institutional reforms which would be appropriate for it. Key recommendations are that such a state should:* adopt a non-discriminatory trade regime* introduce a new currency with a currency board and later a hard peg to the euro* establish a new type of pension scheme combining universal and work-based elements