Palestinians Access to Area C Key to Economic Recovery and Sustainable Growth
▻http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/10/07/palestinians-access-area-c-economic-recovery-sustainable-growth
Palestinians Access to Area C Key to Economic Recovery and Sustainable Growth
October 8, 2013
JERUSALEM, October 8, 2013 – More than half the land in the West Bank, much of it agricultural and resource rich, is inaccessible to Palestinians. The first comprehensive study of the potential impact of this ‘restricted land,’ released by the World Bank today, sets the current loss to the Palestinian economy at about US$3.4 billion.
Area C constitutes 61 percent of the West Bank and is the only contiguous land connecting 227 smaller separate and heavily residential areas. The 1993 Oslo Peace Accords stipulated that Area C be gradually transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) by 1998. This transfer has never taken place [...]
Le rapport là (en format PDF) :
▻http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1105140942969-38/Area+C+Report+Oct-13.pdf
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