It is well-known that Palestinian growth and development have been blocked by what happened as a consequence of the Second Intifada and 2006 Hamas electoral victory, namely the tough restrictions on both people and goods movements. However, there is much which remains to be understood.
In this different scenario, is the Paris Protocol the good framework to restart some process of Palestinian development? Provided that trade relations with Israel are inevitably less flourishing than they were before 2000, is a policy of unconditional trade openness towards the rest of the world the best response? What are the concrete constraints
preventing those Palestinian entrepreneurs who could make investments from doing so?
And what are the social and fiscal implications associated with the last, tremendously complicated years? Who is suffering the most? These are the issues this book tries to shed some light on. The last ten years dramatically changed the course of Palestinian development, and economists and other social scientists may use this book as a tool to
start thinking about the challenge of giving a chance to a people who strongly deserve it.

Academic Partners

University of Pavia – University of Siena – Bethlehem University – An-Najah National University
Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia (IUSS) – Bir Zeit University

In collaboration with

Fondo per gli Investimenti della Ricerca di Base (FIRB) – Ministero dell’Istruzione,
dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) – Internalization Project II04B0A748
Cooperation and Development Network of Pavia