Palestinian Economic Bulletin 2016 Archive

Click here to download Issue 123 - December 2016
  • This month the Bulletin interviews Mr. Hashim Shawa, Chairman and General Manager of Bank of Palestine (BOP) 
  • The National Beverage Company Coca Cola/Cappy (NBC) recently announced th...
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Click here to download Issue 122 - November 2016
  • On 30th of October, the village of Jiftlik in the northern Jordan Valley celebrated the launch of Agripal Farm for Fresh Herbs, a joint venture between the Sharakat Fund and Palestine Khaizara...
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Click here to download Issue 121 - October 2016
  • The Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), the Palestinian National Authority’s (PNA) sovereign wealth fund, launched the development of Palestine’s first cement factory, on 1 October.
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Click here to download Issue 120 - September 2016
  • On 13 September, the PNA and the GoI signed an agreement to resolve the payment of the accumulated debt of the PNA to the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) and to restructure the relation betw...
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Click here to download Issue 119 - August 2016
  • The unemployment rate (among labour force participants) in Palestine reached 26.9% in Q2 2016, an increase from 26.6% in Q1 2016 and from 24.8% in Q2 2015
  • The Islamic Development Bank...
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Click here to download Issue 118 - July 2016
  • Palestinian quarterly real GDP increased by 8% from Q1 2015 to Q1 2016 
  • Palestine recorded a trade deficit of $1.17bn in Q1 2016
  • Al-Haditha, a Jordan-based cement company, ha...
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Click here to download Issue 117 - June 2016
  • Palestinian and Turkish business leaders met in Ramallah on 29 May to discuss how to expand the trade relations between the two countries
  • The new Movable Assets Law came into effect o...
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Click here to download Issue 116. - May 2016
  • The unemployment rate in Palestine fell to 25.9% in 2015 from 26.9% in 2014, according to the latest Labour Force Survey published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
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Click here to download Issue 115 - April 2016

The Palestinian economy continued to face impediments to its growth in 2015, according to recent reports to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee

 

Dr. Mohammad Mustafa, Chairman of the Palest...

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Click here to download Issue 114. March 2016
  • The 272 olive presses operational in Palestine pressed a total of 95,100 tonnes of olives, producing 21,100 tonnes of olive oil in 2015
  • The unemployment rate in Palestine was 25.9%  i...
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Click here to download Bulletin Special - February 2016

Social impact investments, known as impact investments for short, are those that intentionally target specific social objectives along with a financial return and measure the achievement of both. T...

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Click here to download Issue 113 - February 2016
  • This month the Palestinian Economic Bulletin interviews H.E. Mr Azzam Shawwa. Mr Shawwa was appointed by President Mahmoud Abbas on November 20 2015 as the Governor and Chairman of the Board o...
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Click here to download Issue 112. January 2016
  • Under its baseline scenario, which assumes no major changes in the economic and political situation, the PCBS forecast 3.8% growth in real GDP in 2016 resulting in 0.9% growth in real GDP per...
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