1.1 1999 Performance up to the First and the Second Quarter.

During the last Consultative Group meeting, that was held in Washington in November 1998, the international donor community had reaffirmed its support for the Palestinian, by pledging a new amount close to US$ 770 million in grants, loans and equity towards development activities in the West Bank and Gaza in 1999.

Total commitments and disbursements for 1999 are distributed along the following sectors:

As reflected in chart 2, the major cumulative 1999 disbursements (in million USD) were made to the following sectors:

The 1999 cumulative commitments to the P.A were 683 million USD, while the 1999 cumulative disbursements to the P.A were 257 million USD. By contrast, the 1999 cumulative commitments to the NGO’s were 10 million USD, while the 1999 cumulative disbursements to the NGO’s were 7.5 million USD.

 The following table shows the 1999 cumulative commitments and disbursements to the P.A and to the NGO’s.

(Million USD)

 The following table shows total commitments and disbursements for the consecutive years 1994-1999.

The following table shows individual categories with a corresponding cumulative disbursement figure for the period 1994-1999.

Agriculture:

Includes fishery, forestry, livestock, and agriculture production.

Excludes food Processing

Democracy Development:

Includes legislative development and electoral activities.

Detainees / Returnees:

Includes training and rehabilitation programmes.

Education:

Includes educational programs and their development and support.

Energy:

Includes electrical power related projects.

Environment:

Includes environmental law, policy, and resources.

Excludes solid waste.

Health:

Includes health care and medical equipment.

Housing:

Includes credits, mortgage facility design, and housing projects.

Human Rights & Civil Society:

Includes human rights’ enforcement, and Professional and civil society development.

Humanitarian Aid:

Includes In kind assistance for humanitarian needs, for example, food and medical aid.

Industrial Development:

Includes textiles, wood, and handicrafts. Excludes financing for industries & private businesses through local banks.

Institution Building:

Includes Institutional support and development, technical assistance (that is exclusive of being a project component), equipment supply, human resource management, and training and institutional scholarships. Excludes projects outside institutions.

Legal Affairs:

Includes judicial reform, legal infrastructure development, harmonization of law, legal & regulatory frameworks, and arbitration.

Multiple Sectors:

Includes projects that relate to more than one sector, for example, World Bank ERP, MIDP or EHRP.

Police:

Includes technical assistance, equipment, and budget support for the Palestinian Authority police.

Private Sector Development:

Includes financing for industries, private business, small - scale enterprise development such as those through local banks. Excludes textile development, wood, and handicrafts.

Telecommunications:

Includes telephone systems, Internet system, electronic mail system, and videoconferencing.

Tourism & Cultural Resources:

Includes preservation and renovation of historical sights, and folklore.

Transportation:

Includes harbor, airport, roads, and future train station.

Undefined:

Includes money that is not allocated to a specific sector.

Water and Sanitation:

Includes projects related to water treatment, supply, and sewerage.

Women:

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