West Bank and Gaza Investment Climate Assessment : Fragmentation and Uncertainty

This Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) seeks to evaluate the conditions under which the Palestinian private sector currently operates in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza strip. This assessment is both an update and expansion...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL AGRICULTURE BANK ACCOUNT BANK SERVICES BANKING SECTOR BANKS BARRIER TO ENTRY BINDING CONSTRAINT BOOK VALUE BORROWING BRIBE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL USE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS CONSTRAINTS ON INVESTMENT CORRUPTION COUNTRY COMPARISONS CRISES CURRENCY DEFLATORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC TRANSACTIONS ECONOMIC VOLATILITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVELS EIB EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINTS ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUAL TREATMENT EQUIPMENT EQUITY FINANCING EQUITY FUNDS EQUITY INVESTMENT EQUITY INVESTORS EQUITY MARKET EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACILITATION FACTOR MARKETS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN MARKETS FUND MANAGEMENT GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUP OF FIRMS GROWTH RATE GUARANTEE AGENCY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITY INEFFICIENCY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INNOVATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVENTORY INVESTING INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT CORPORATION INVESTMENT FUND INVESTMENT HORIZON LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOR MARKET LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF COMPETITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAWS LEGISLATION LIMITED ACCESS LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATIONS LOAN GUARANTEES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20189765/west-bank-gaza-investment-climate-assessment-fragmentation-uncertainty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20268