| Author (Person) | Abdel-Shafi, Sami |
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| Publisher | Chatham House |
| Series Title | Research Paper |
| Series Details | October 2015 |
| Publication Date | 28/10/2015 |
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The EU has spent an average of $1 billion per year on aid to the Palestinian territories over the past two decades but the region’s economy remains extremely weak as spending has focused on sustenance, rather than productive economic development. In this Research Paper Sami Abdel-Shafi presents findings in which he argues that EU economic assistance to Palestine has failed, having been too closely tied to a dysfunctional and stalled peace process. While emphasising the importance of political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian issue, he proposes a series of steps that could be taken to decouple economic assistance from the political process, support a genuinely productive Palestinian economy and address soaring rates of unemployment. He also discusses future options for EU economic and political policies towards Palestine, considering the options in the context of the EU’s ongoing European Neighbourhood Policy review. |
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| Source Link | https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/realigning-eu-policy-palestine-towards-viable-state-economy-and-restored-dignity |
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| Countries / Regions | Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East |
