ABSTRACT
The discussions in the previous chapters have so far demonstrated the extent of the general mismatch and disparity between the donors’ frameworks and activities in the Palestine, on the one hand, and the actual needs of the Palestinian economy as defined by the intensifying elements and legacies of prolonged occupation, on the other hand. This leads to the conclusion that, at the macro-level, donors’ political interests (or indeed that of their associated governments) in a conflict situation dictates the general direction of their assistance; whereas, at the micro-, project level, it is donors’ ideological leanings (which themselves have their origins in donors’ political stance) which determine the choice of their projects and programmes.
