The United Nations and the World Bank will
present tomorrow in Jerusalem findings from two reports exploring the impact
of conflict on the bleak state of the Palestinian economy.
Exploring the devastation in the West
Bank's productive sectors, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East
Peace Process, Terje Roed-Larsen, will discuss results from a report entitled:
"The Impact of Closure and other Mobility Restrictions on Palestinian
Productive Activities." It includes micro-economic analysis and numerous
case studies about the impact of the crisis on firms and families.
The World Bank study, "Two Years of Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis," complements the UN report by providing a major macro-economic analysis of the conflict. The Bank's Director for the West Bank and Gaza, Nigel Roberts will present it.