Trade Policy and Labor Services: Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza

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Trade Policy and Labor Services: Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza

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Schiff, Maurice () (World Bank and IZA Bonn)

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Maurice Schiff

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This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to trade and the exports of labor services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy (NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii) the WBG should pursue a NDTP with all its neighbors, but only under the condition that the trade policy be open, transparent, and enforced by a credible lock-in mechanism; otherwise, a CU with Israel may be preferable; iii) the PA should establish a system of fee-based permits for Palestinian labor working in Israel, and iv) the PA should consider allowing access by Jordanian workers to the WBG labor market.

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- Schiff, Maurice, 2002. "Trade policy and labor services : final status options for the West Bank and Gaza," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2824, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]

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