Palestine, 30 August 2021

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher’s Academic Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade: Opportunities versus Risks

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - Researcher in International Business with a focus on Risks

In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory. Still, keep in mind that each risk may lead to an opportunity for resolving problems via suitable FDI and International Trade, while each opportunity for FDI and International Trade may involve risks.

Political Risks: Regime Transformation, Political Instability, Wars, Conflicts, Geopolitical Conflicts, Sanctions, Global Terror, Regional Crises, and Global Crises.

Economic Risks: Economic Instability, Restrictions on FDI and International Trade, Impact of FDI on Labour Markets; International Trade Agreements and Trade Wars

Strategic Risks: Strategic Risks in M&As, Integration in M&As, Cultural Distance, Cultural Openness, Labour Unions in M&As

Palestine - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

Map of Current Palestine Map of UN Partition Plan (1947)

West Jerusalem, East Jerusalem and the Old City of Jerusalem

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

GDP per capita, PPP: $5,690.3 (2020)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $121.63 (Millions) (2019)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $-83.21(Millions) (2019)

Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $2,652.45 (Millions) (2019)

Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $9,153.11(Millions) (2019)

Source: World Bank (West Bank and Gaza)

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Investing in Palestine - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

FactSheetPalestine_2021_new (unctad.org)

Trade Profile - Palestine - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

West Bank and Gaza - United States Department of State

Macro Data

West Bank and Gaza | Data (worldbank.org)

IMF -- Resident Representative Office in West Bank and Gaza

IMF - WEST BANK AND GAZA REPORT TO THE AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTE

General Information and Political Information

West Bank - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Gaza Strip - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Palestinian territories profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Decolonizing qualitative research through transformative community engagement: critical investigation of resilience with Palestinian refugees in the West Bank: Qualitative Research in Psychology: Vol 15, No 4 (tandfonline.com)

Renewable energy awareness among future generation of Palestine - ScienceDirect

Quality of Drinking Water from Springs in Palestine: West Bank as a Case Study (hindawi.com)

Crossing the Green Line Between the West Bank and Israel - Avram S. Bornstein - Google Books

Targeting infrastructure and livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza | International Affairs | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

Spaces of waiting: Politics of precarious recognition in the occupied West Bank - Mikko Joronen, 2017 (sagepub.com)

Prediction model of business success or failure for Palestinian small enterprises in the West Bank | Emerald Insight

The West Bank and International Humanitarian Law on the Eve of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Six-Day War | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

The Impact of the Quality of Banking Services on Improving the Marketing Performance of Banks in Gaza Governorates from the Point of View of Their Employees by Wasim I. Al-Habil, Amal A. Al-Hila, Mazen J. Al Shobaki, Youssef M. Abu Amuna, Samy S. Abu Naser :: SSRN

The effects of violent conflict on household resilience and food security: Evidence from the 2014 Gaza conflict - ScienceDirect

Visually framing the Gaza War of 2014: The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Twitter - Ilan Manor, Rhys Crilley, 2018 (sagepub.com)

Assessment of solar energy potential in Gaza Strip-Palestine - ScienceDirect

Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Palestine: An Econometric Study of The Period (1994-2013) | Abu – Eideh | European Journal of Business and Management (iiste.org)

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Palestinian Economic Growth - ProQuest

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment, Domestic Investment and Imports on Palestinian Economic Growth 7 Review of European Studies 2015 (heinonline.org)

Trade policy in Palestine: A reassessment - ScienceDirect

Trade and investment prospects between Palestine and BRIC Countries (1996 - 2017) - ProQuest

Israeli Territory, Settlements, and European Union Trade: How Does the Legal and Territorial Jurisdictional Regime that Israeli Imposes throughout Israel-Palestine affect the EU-Israel Association Agreement and the EU-Palestinian Authority Association Agreement? in: The Palestine Yearbook of International Law Online Volume 21 Issue 1 (2018) (brill.com)

Palestine and the World Trade Organization: A Legal Roadmap for Accession in: The Palestine Yearbook of International Law Online Volume 18 Issue 1 (2015) (brill.com)

The Legality Under International Law of the EU’s Trade Agreements Covering Occupied Territories: A Comparative Study of Palestine and Western Sahara by Eva Kassoti :: SSRN

Trade relations between the European Union and Palestine: Assessment and Potential improvements in: Middle East Law and Governance - Ahead of print (brill.com)

When trade stops: Lessons from the Gaza blockade 2007–2010 - ScienceDirect

Rules of Origin as Trade or Foreign Policy Instruments - The European Union Policy on Products Manufactured in the Settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip A Look at the Middle East: Challenges and Legal Perspectives 26 Fordham International Law Journal 2002-2003 (heinonline.org)

Transformation of the Palestine Liberation Organization: Goals and Means: Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies: Vol 12, No 3 (tandfonline.com)

Determinants of private domestic investment in Palestine: time series analysis | Emerald Insight

Demarketing strategies to rationalize electricity consumption in the Gaza Strip-Palestine - ScienceDirect

Full article: Post-occupation Gaza: Israel’s war on Palestinian futures (tandfonline.com)

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Keep in mind that Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

Who owns Jerusalem? | DW Documentary - YouTube

A third Palestinian uprising? | Inside Story - YouTube

Gaza, Hamas and the New Middle East | Al Jazeera World - YouTube

What will end the Israel-Palestinian violence? - BBC News - YouTube

Important History Events

Why History? History shapes the present and future and even may repeat itself. ZRB

How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Began | History - YouTube

Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History - Nur Masalha - Google Books

Palestine and the Palestinians | A Social and Political History | Sami (taylorfrancis.com)

The Palestine Liberation Organization | Joshua Teitelbaum | Taylor & F (taylorfrancis.com)

Making Peace With The Plo: The Rabin Government's Road To The Oslo Accord - David Makovsky - Google Books

The impact of terrorism on peace processes | The Oslo Accords 1993 thr (taylorfrancis.com)

Media portrayal of enemy leaders and public opinion toward peace: the cases of Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin 1987-95: Israel Affairs: Vol 26, No 3 (tandfonline.com)

Yasser Arafat on JSTOR

Bridging the Unbridgeable: The Holocaust And Al-Nakba - ProQuest

Reflections on Al-Nakba | Journal of Palestine Studies | University of California Press (ucpress.edu)

An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba - Google Books

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 1 | Featured Documentary - YouTube

Other Issues

Issues that may have indirect effects or long-run effects either on opportunities or risks of FDI and International Trade. ZRB

Palestine Refugees in Neighbor Arab Countries

Lebanon: UNRWA calls for support for Palestine refugees, amongst the most vulnerable communities in the country - Lebanon | ReliefWeb

Vulnerable Palestine refugees affected by ongoing clashes in southern Syria - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Palestinian Refugees in International Law - Francesca P. Albanese, Lex Takkenberg - Google Books

The Palestinian Refugees in Jordan 1948–1957 | Avi Plascov | Taylor & (taylorfrancis.com)

EBSCOhost | 100267860 | Palestinian refugees: the right to return.

The Functionality of Communal Coping in Chronic Uncertainty Environments: The Context of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Health Communication: Vol 34, No 13 (tandfonline.com)

Depression, Perceived Health, and Right‐of‐Return Hopefulness of Palestinian Refugees - Alduraidi - 2018 - Journal of Nursing Scholarship - Wiley Online Library

Other

Palestinian Children Face Constant and Unique Trauma in Gaza, Experts Say | Best Countries | US News

Living under occupation: Palestinian teachers’ experiences and their digital responses | Research in Learning Technology (alt.ac.uk)

Virtual Water Trade as a Policy Instrument for Achieving Water Security in Palestine | SpringerLink

Ideological Rigidity and Flexibility of Secular and Religious Terror Groups: The Case of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Hamas: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: Vol 41, No 9 (tandfonline.com)

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