CDS Publications
Palestine: Human Development Profile 1996-1997 (in Arabic & English)
Ramallah: Birzeit University, Sustainable Human Development Project. 1997
This report surveys the main features of development in Palestine. The first section is a theoretical and methodological introduction and a review of the development experience in Palestine as to concept, performance, and environment. The second section considers a number of economic, educational, and health indicators in their relation to the vulnerability of Palestinian society. Indicators relating to the demographic situation and to civil, political, and cultural rights were added, with a special focus on vital groups such as women and children. Section three offers probable scenarios for the future of development in Palestine. The final section consists of appendices, including statistical tables describing the development situation in Palestine. The report’s methodology combines scientific analysis of data with meetings with experts in different governmental and non-governmental organizations. As a whole the report emphasizes sustainable development, which will be achieved only with the end of the occupation and with the adoption of a unifying and comprehensive development vision in Palestine.
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