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Gaza in 2020
A report by the United Nations Country Team in the occupied Palestinian territory

A liveable place?
August 2012

UNICEF-oPt/El Baba

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CM GDP ILO IMF km2 MCM mg MW UN UN Women UNESCO UNFPA UNICEF UNRWA US WHO cubic metre Gross Domestic Product International Labour Organization International Monetary Fund square kilometre million cubic metres milligram Megawatt United Nations United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Population Fund United Nations Children’s Fund United Nations Relief and Works Agency United States (of America) World Health Organization

FOrEwOrD
The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), at its annual retreat in November 2011, discussed critical development and humanitarian challenges facing Palestinians in the oPt. As part of its programme of work, the UN initiated a study to see what the Gaza Strip might look like by the year 2020 as a place in which to live. Building on what is known now, the resulting study seeks to highlight the formidable developmental, humanitarian and social imperatives which need to be addressed and resolved, irrespective of the political context. The document which follows thus provides an overview of current challenges and trends in Gaza, and through the lens of the UN family working in the oPt presents an extrapolation eight years forward to 2020. It is based on a wealth of existing literature both from within the UN and outside, and the wide range of sources used is reflected as Endnotes at Annex One. The reader who seeks more in-depth information and analysis is encouraged to explore the literature under References at Annex Two. The broad objectives of this study are to: highlight the longer-term effects and implications of current developmental and social trends and challenges