https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/05/21/gaza-economy-on-the-verge-of-collapse
Unemployment in Gaza is the highest in the world at 43 percent. Even more alarming is the situation of youth unemployment which soared to more than 60 percent by the end of 2014. “Gaza’s unemployment and poverty figures are very troubling and the economic outlook is worrying. The current market in Gaza is not able to offer jobs leaving a ...
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/06/27/the-toll-of-war-on-palestinians-in-gaza
The Toll of War on Palestinians in Gaza. On June 13, 2021, a World Bank high level delegation led by the Vice President of the MENA region, Ferid Belhaj, and Executive Director of the Board, Merza Hasan, visited Gaza to witness first-hand the damage of the recent conflict, including to World Bank Group projects.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2014/12/09/gaza-only-rubble-where-homes-once-stood
A temporary ceasefire in Gaza allowed civilians to visit some of the hardest hit areas. Tens of thousands found only rubble where their homes had stood. UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl visited UNRWA installations all over the Gaza Strip, meeting UNRWA staff and thanking them for their extraordinary work in helping Palestine ...
https://genderdata.worldbank.org/countries/west-bank-and-gaza/
In West Bank and Gaza, the labor force participation rate among females is 18.2% and among males is 70.1% for 2019. The labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active. Since 1990, female labor force participation has increased.
population in Gaza below the poverty line in 2016/17, compared to just 9 percent in the West Bank. Outlook Uncertainty about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations implies that the ongoing “lockdown-open-surge-lockdown” dy-namic will disrupt the economic activity until enough population is vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Accordingly, a
JERUSALEM, July 11, 2018 - A new World Bank report "Tech startup ecosystem in West Bank and Gaza" finds that while the Palestinian startup ecosystem is at its early-stage and still maturing, it has highly educated founders and one of the highest rates of female entrepreneurs across analyzed ecosystems.However, the founders tend to be young with little managerial experience.
Domestic Product (GDP) for the West Bank and Gaza in the first quarter of 2020 registered a contraction of 4.9 percent compared to the previous quarter (q/q) or 3.4 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. All components of GDP declined with public consumption, capital investments, and exports falling the most. 4.
JAKARTA, September 10, 2021 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$380 million loan to develop Indonesia’s first pumped storage hydropower plant, aiming to improve power generation capacity during peak demand, while supporting the country’s energy transition and decarbonization goals. “The Indonesian government is committed to reduce greenhouse gas ...
Although eThekwini, is experiencing relatively moderate growth, the municipality has been challenged by a fragmented pattern of growth whose impact threaten the city’s long term sustainability. At around 1% per annum, eThekwini’s population growth rate is much lower than other African cities but the proportion of households in informal ...
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education/publication/education-finance-watch-2022
The EFW 2022 sheds further light on the impact of COVID-19 on global education financing in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and conducts a focused analysis of recent trends in government education budgets, and Official Development Assistance (ODA), using the latest data available for high-income (HICs), low-income and lower-middle income countries (LICs ...