Despite the swearing-in of a unity cabinet in June, following an earlier reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah, planned elections are expected to be delayed amid the fallout from Israel's conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
In the absence of a peace settlement with Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) will redouble unilateral efforts to achieve statehood, by seeking membership of an ever-wider range of UN and international agencies.
The volatility in donor aid will continue to complicate the task of managing the PA's fragile public-sector finances.

Summary 7

Basic data 8

Political structure 9

Economic structure 10

Annual indicators 10

Quarterly indicators 11

Comparative economic indicators 12

Outlook for 2014-15 13

Political outlook 13

Economic policy outlook 15

Economic forecast 16

Recent analysis 19

Politics 19

Economy 29

Forecast summary 17

Gross domestic product 18

Consumer price inflation 18

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