Category: Economy

Text:UNCTAD Photos: Action Press/Virot Mr Mahmoud A.T. Elkhafif, Coordinator Assistance to the Palestinian People at Unctad presented a report during a press conference at the Palais des Nations The report says that while 9.9% economic growth was achieved in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in 2011, the figure is misleading, and long-term prospects for the OPT economy in fact have grown worse. It contends that most of the economic growth was related to reconstruction in the blockaded Gaza Strip…

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Text: ITU Photos: Actionpress/Virot Date: May 14, 2012 The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union. WTISD –…

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