VOL. XLII

No. 07

15-February-1999

PALESTINE

Donor Community Reaffirms Support For Palestine With $770MnIn Aid

At the latest donor Consultative Group (CG) meeting onPalestine, held on 5 February in Frankfurt, two days of discussions gave riseto a donor commitment of $770mn in grants and concessional loans towardsdevelopment activities in Palestine in 1999. According to a World Bankstatement, these commitments are a follow-up on the US-sponsored donor meetingheld in the US on 30 November 1998 after...