Palestine: The Pandemic Between Occupation and Neoliberalism

Clara Capelli () and Marco Missaglia
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Clara Capelli: University of Pavia

Chapter Chapter 4 in Economists and COVID-19, 2022, pp 47-65 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a crisis within a crisis in Palestine. The economy of the Palestinian Territories has been weakened by and subordinated to the Israeli occupation. The post-Oslo neoliberal turn has worsened the situation. The Palestinian public institutions have a very restricted policy space and are heavily dependent on the donors’ agendas. The role of the Palestinian economists and experts is significantly challenged by this unique situation, both in terms of theoretical contributions and policy-making. This chapter aims at scrutinising how to theoretically frame the specificities of the Palestinian economy and discussing both mainstream and ‘heterodox’ economic approaches can hardly offer effective policies and actions for a more sustainable and less unequal development, even in the aftermath of the pandemic. A number of interviews integrate the analysis about the economic debate in Palestine and the way economic thought is produced and translated into policies.

Keywords: Palestine; Palestinian economy; Neoliberalism; Oslo; COVID-19; De-development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05811-0_4

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