TY - BOOK ID - 15118423 TI - The economics of Palestine : economic policy and institutional reform for a viable Palestinian state AU - Cobham, David P. AU - Kanafani, Noman PY - 2004 SN - 1280171111 0203390644 041532761X 0415649145 1134337094 9780203390641 0203669592 9780203669594 9781280171116 9780415327619 9781134337040 9781134337088 9781134337095 9780415649148 1134337086 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Economic conditions. KW - Economic policy. KW - Palestine-- Economic conditions. KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Palestine KW - 330.956953 KW - -Palestine KW - -Holy Land KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy KW - Holy Land UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15118423 AB - This book aims to set the intense political debates on one side in order to do some serious economic analysis. It assumes that a sovereign independent Palestinian state comes into existence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and proceeds to examine the economic policies and institutional reforms which would be appropriate for it. Key recommendations are that such a state should:* adopt a non-discriminatory trade regime* introduce a new currency with a currency board and later a hard peg to the euro* establish a new type of pension scheme combining universal and work-based elements