Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 5

31-Jan-2011

ISRAEL/EAST MEDITERRANEAN

Israels Sheshinski Committee Recommendations

The following is the executive summary of conclusions reached by the committee established by Israels Ministry of Finance in April 2010 to examine the countrys fiscal policy on oil and gas resources. The committee was headed by Prof Eytan Sheshinski of Hebrew University in Jerusalem and has since come to be known as the Sheshinski Committee.

On 12 April 2010 the...