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West Bank ang Gaza FY04 PA
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More than three years of Intifada and closures have plunged the Palestinian economy into deep crisis, causing dramatic declines in living standards. This report focuses on the situation of the poorest of the poor. Using a subsistence definition of poverty, the authors find that 16 percent of the Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza cannot afford to consume the minimum caloric intake. The report examines the extent of the poverty problem in West Bank and Gaza, including poverty lines and definitions. It looks at which factors influence poverty including: who are the poor, whether the crisis affected the poor disproportionately, how much emergency assistance is going to the non-needy, and the severity of the under-coverage of emergency assistance. Methods of reducing poverty are discussed including increasing emergency assistance and the possibility that an economic recovery could reduce poverty.
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