07/09/2008
MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2005-2007 (Full Copy) TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 5 | |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED | 6 | |
| FOREWORD | 7 | |
| SECTION ONE: BACKGROUND TO MTDP | 9 | |
| Introduction | 9 | |
| Rationale for Tthe MTDP | 11 | |
| MTDP Methodology | 12 | |
| SECTION TWO: THE PREVAILING DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT | 15 | |
| The Economic Environment | 16 | |
| Social and Human Development | 21 | |
| Physical Infrastructure | 29 | |
| Institutions of Governance | 36 | |
SECTION THREE: RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS |
39 | |
| Aid Experience Since 1994 | 39 | |
| Looking Forward: Development Scenarios and Policy Instruments | 40 | |
| Coordination | 45 | |
| MTDP and the Budget Process | 46 | |
| SECTION FOUR: GOALS AND NATIONAL PROGRAM OUTLINES | 49 | |
| The Goals of the Medium Term Development Plan | 49 | |
| The Four MTDP National Programs | 49 | |
| The Programs: Implementation and Monitoring | 52 | |
| LOOKING AHEAD | 65 | |
| ANNEXES | ||
| ANNEX 1: MTDP 2005 - 2007. Programming Areas & Required Investment | 67 | |
| Table 1: Programming Areas & Required Investment | 68 | |
| Table 2: Proposed Programs, Projects & the Required Investment | 70 | |
| ANNEX 2: East Jerusalem Medium Term Development Plan 2005-2007 | 117 | |
| Political Environment | 119 | |
| Population | 120 | |
| The Legal Staus of East Jerusalem According to International LAW | 120 | |
| The Economic Environment | 121 | |
| Tourism | 122 | |
| Housing and Land Use | 123 | |
| Education | 124 | |
| The Welfare System | 124 | |
| The Youth | 125 | |
| Health | 126 | |
| Culture and Heritage | 127 | |
| Goals and Strategies for East Jerusalem | 129 | |
| Sectoral Development Strategies for East Jerusalem | 130 | |
| ANNEX 3: The Annexation & Expansion Wall: Impacts & Mitigation Measures | 137 | |
| Executive Summary | 138 | |
| Humanitarian and Economic Impacts | 142 | |
| General Access Restrictions | 142 | |
| Health | 143 | |
| Education | 144 | |
| Agriculture | 146 | |
| Water Use and Management | 147 | |
| Private Sector | 148 | |
| Public Works and Housing | 150 | |
| Social Welfare | 150 | |
Mitigation Measures to offset and Counter |
152 | |
| Health | 154 | |
| Education | 156 | |
| Agriculture | 157 | |
| Water Use and Management | 158 | |
| Private Sector | 158 | |
| Public Works and Housing | 160 | |
| Social Welfare | 160 | |
| Position of the International Donor Community | 162 | |
| Conclusions | 166 | |
| ANNEX 4: Job Creation Strategy | 169 | |
| 1 | Aim of Strategy Paper | 170 |
| 1.1 | Background | 170 |
| 1.2 | Need for general consensus on job-creation projects | 171 |
| 2 | Job-creation projects | 173 |
| 2.1 | Definition and inherent properties of job-creation projects | 173 |
| 2.2 | Selection of job-creation projects | 174 |
| 2.3 | Planning and acceptance of job-creation projects | 175 |
| 2.4 | Implementation of job-creation projects | 178 |
| 2.5 | Monitoring of job-creation projects | 180 |
| 2.6 | Evaluation of job-creation projects | 181 |
| 3 | Establishing a Technical Resource and Monitoring Unit for Donors, Partners, Implementers and Beneficiaries | 181 |
| 3.1 | Proposed functions of the TRMU | 182 |
| 3.2 | Section on appropriate designs, technologies & import substitutions | 183 |
| 3.3 | Section on comprehensive data for job-creating programmes | 183 |
| 3.4 | Section on methodologies for job-creating projects | 184 |
| 4 | Implementing the Strategy | 185 |
| 4.1 | Components that can be completed within 3 months | 185 |
| 4.2 | Components that can be implemented within 12 months | 188 |
| ANNEX 5: A Framework for Palestinian Socio-economic Development | 201 | |
| under Current Conditions | ||
| I | Economic Development and Relief Efforts | 203 |
| II | The Occupation Legacy | 206 |
| A | One-sided Customs Union | 206 |
| B | Unhealthy Economic Environment | 207 |
| C | Resource Transfers | 207 |
| D | Economic Distortions | 208 |
| III | Promoting Job Creation in the Private Sector | 209 |
| IV | More Effective use of Available Resources | 211 |
| A | Partnership Between the PNA and NGOs | 211 |
| B | Linking Relief to Development in Donor's Assistance | 212 |
| C | Strengthening Links With Diaspora Palestinians | 213 |
| V | Ensuring Access to Health Services | 213 |
| VI | Alleviating Poverty | 214 |
| VII | Reconnecting the Palestinian Economy to The Arab World | 215 |
| VIII | Investment in Infrastructure | 217 |
| IX | Strengthening the Education System | 218 |
| A | . Primary and Secondary Education | 218 |
| B | Higher Education | 218 |
| X | Legal and Institutional Reform | 219 |
| A | Modernizing the Legal System | 219 |
| B | Reforming Government Institutions | 220 |
| XI | Avoiding Measures that Impede Long-term Development | 221 |
| ANNEX 6: The Spatial Development Framework | 223 | |
| for the Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP) | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 224 |
| 2 | Objectives of the Spatial Development Framework | 224 |
| 3 | Methodological Approach | 224 |
| 4 | Sectoral Spatial Development Guidelines for the MTDP | 226 |
| 4.1 | Private Sector Support | 227 |
| 4.2 | Humanitarian and Social Assistance | 235 |
| 4.3 | . Infrastructure Development | 237 |
| 4.4 | Environment | 240 |
| ANNEX 7: Reintegration and Development of Evacuated Area | 243 | |
| Executive Summary | 244 | |
| 1 | Introduction | 246 |
| 2 | The ‘Disengagement Plan' and the Palestinian Position | 247 |
| 3 | General Principles for the Integration Process | 249 |
| 4 | Bases for the Integration of the Evacuated Areas into the Palestinian Spatial System | 250 |
| 5 | General Characteristics of the Study Areas | 251 |
| 6 | Colonization in the Study Areas | 254 |
| 7 | Limitations and Potentials of the “Disengagement Plan” | 257 |
