ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews past industrial development and the state of existing industry in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and to assess under various political-economic scenarios the potential for industrial development over the coming decade: 1987-1997. While the State of Israel since its establishment in 1948 up to the present has reached a relatively high degree of industrial development approaching on a per capita basis, some of the advanced industrialized countries, the remainder of former Mandatory Palestine - e.g. the West Bank and Gaza Strip- have stagnated industrially. There have been several economic reports, especially since 1978, on the industrialization of the West Bank and Gaza Strip - both of the existing situation and past developments; and to a lesser extent projections for the future in the event of the establishment of a Palestinian entity. Few of the reports involved independent field work.
