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Gaza’s only power plant was severely damaged, bringing the plant’s operations to a halt. This has worsened power shortages that were already severe. The PA, for example, estimates that only 50 percent of wastewater is treated. Where sewage is treated, it is done poorly, leaving raw sewage discharging directly into the sea, raising concerns ...

The Gaza Economy: Economic activity in Gaza remains volatile and almost entirely dependent on aid and remittances, with growth rates determined by (i) the level of aid inflows and (ii) the degree of trade restrictions. Gaza’s final consumption is 1.6 times larger than GDP, and its investment a mere 5 percent of

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 ...

The primary target population was the entire population of Gaza within the service areas under the project (estimated at appraisal at around 1.2 million and at 1.6 million at project closure). Low-income households especially benefitted from access to reliable piped water supplies at much lower prices than charged by vendors.

People will need water, already scarce in the Middle East & North Africa, even more desperately if temperatures rise because of climate change. In Palestine, water resources are critically scarce, and the situation in Gaza is alarming. Adnan Ghosheh, Senior Water & Sanitation Specialist, remembers a time not so long ago when everyone in Gaza ...

Gaza: Two million people are affected by lack of electricity. April 27, 2017. While in any healthy economy, energy underpins industrial processes and economic growth, Gaza faces electricity blackouts every 8 hours. During summer and winter peaks the scarce electricity supply is increasingly rationed to 4 hours during day time.

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2019 – The World Bank announced today an additional US$10 million to scale up ongoing efforts to improve municipal services for Palestinians living in Gaza. In addition to the new grant, the Third Municipal Development Project will also benefit from US$5 million in donor co-financing from the Partnership for Infrastructure ...

WASHINGTON, February 10, 2020 – Against the extremely limited access to safe drinking water in Gaza, the World Bank today announced a US$15 million grant to the Water Security Development - Gaza Central Desalination Program — Associated Works Phase I Project. The new project that aims to improve the quality and quantity of water in Gaza will benefit from a coordinated aid of US$42 million ...

In Gaza, anemia is a severe public health problem. Over half of pregnant women and over half of children aged 6–23 months were anemic, according to Ministry of Health (MOH) and national nutrition surveys conducted in 2018 and 2020. In the West Bank, anemia is a moderate public health problem, with more than a quarter of pregnant women and ...

Challenge. Charitable organizations had emerged in West Bank and Gaza (WB&G) at the turn of the 20 th century and since the 1960s, have provided a variety of essential social services, including health, agriculture, mental health, education, environment and services for people with special needs and so on, in the absence of a state. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)/community-based ...