ABSTRACT

While Canada has been providing development assistance to the Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) since 1993, its economic development assistance program took shape in 2007 after the formation of the Palestinian technocratic government. Even though the Canadian government had access to substantial analysis regarding the most significant impediments to the economic development of the OPT, its chosen areas of focus were informed more by its ideology, politics towards the region, and a belief in maintaining a viable economy until such time that efforts to work out the political issues related to illegal settlements, access and movement, borders, and the final formation of a Palestinian state bear fruit. As demonstrated, Canada’s actions, along with that of other donors, have allowed for Israel to continue undertaking actions that have a significant economic cost for Palestinians and that make adequate economic development impossible and a long-term viable Palestinian economy less likely.

摘要

尽管加拿大自1993年以来一直在向巴勒斯坦被占领土的巴勒斯坦人提供发展援助，但其经济发展援助计划在2007年成立了巴勒斯坦技术官僚政府之后就形成了。尽管加拿大政府可以对OPT经济发展的最大障碍进行实质性分析，但其选择的重点领域更多地是由其意识形态，对本地区的政治以及对维持可行的经济的信念所为。当时，努力解决与非法定居点，通行和迁徙，边界以及巴勒斯坦国最终形成有关的政治问题的努力取得了成果。如图所示，加拿大的行动以及其他捐助者的行动，