WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP
COMPREHENSIVE FOOD SECURITY
AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
(CFSVA)
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 goods market. With the beginning of the current Intifada in late September 2000, economic conditions have deteriorated in the WBGS as reported by FAO/WFP in the Food Security Assessment, West Bank and Gaza Strip, 2003. High population growth rates outpaced real GDP growth, leading to a steady decline in per capita GDP. This deterioration has worsened since the beginning of 2006, following the election of the Hamas government and the subsequent severing of assistance to the Palestinian Authority by the international community. The impact of such deterioration on the socio-economic situation is more acute in the Gaza Strip than the West Bank.
FULL REPORT:
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Document Type: Report
Document Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP)
Subject: Assistance, Economic issues, Food
Publication Date: 31/01/2007