  {"id":205989,"date":"2008-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205989"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:05:22","slug":"auto-insert-205989","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205989\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank continues support for the Palestinian people &#8211; WB press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"740px\" style=\"text-align:center;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"740\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/p>\n<p 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These funds will be disbursed to the Palestinian Authority by end of April 2008.&#160; Additional contributions to the fund have been pledged and further disbursements are planned for later this year.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Bank&#8217;s ongoing portfolio in West Bank and Gaza consists of 12 projects aiming at improving living conditions for the Palestinian people including water and sanitation, education, solid waste, municipal finance, provision of basic social services in addition to capacity building of the NGO sector.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">For more information on the World Bank&#8217;s work in The West Bank and Gaza, please visit<\/span><span style=\"color:#204e84;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/web.worldbank.org\/WBSITE\/EXTERNAL\/COUNTRIES\/MENAEXT\/WESTBANKGAZAEXTN\/0,,menuPK:294370~pagePK:141159~piPK:141110~theSitePK:294365,00.html\" style=\"color:#204e84;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">www.worldbank.org\/we<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Bank Continues Support for the Palestinian People Agreement Signed for Budgetary Support to Sustain Public Services Press Release No:2008\/270\/MNA Contact: In Washington:&nbsp;Dina El Naggar (202) 473-3245 Delnaggar@worldbank.org &#160; 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