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| Gaza unemployment rate reaches staggering 45.4 pct - UNRWA |
| 2011-02-10 |
| (KUNA) -- The UN Relief and Works Agency for Paleostine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that unemployment levels in Gazoo have reached over 45.4 percent of the workforce, showing a dangerous sign of the deteriorating situation in the besieged territory. These numbers reflect signs of a sharply deteriorating economy, which will increase the state of instability and despair felt by inhabitants of the thus far three-and-a-half-year besieged territory, UNRWA spokesperson Chris Guiness told a presser in Gazoo. He urged the lifting of the siege, and to not let other Middle East issues shift focus away from this issue. The numbers recorded in the third quarter of 2010, were a rise from the previous quarter which recorded 44.3 pct, adding that a society that reaches an unemployment rate of 50 pct stands on the brink of collapse. Israel has allowed UNRWA to carry out 43 projects in the territory worth USD 43 million, representing a mere 11.4 pct of the size of projects the agency intends to pursue over the next three years. The territory's need for development is immense and unprecedented, he said, citing the need for 100 schools, the repair of tens of thousands of homes and six hospitals, not including government projects. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 That's $12.2 billion over 3 years. Most of the promised checks were never written, George Thetch6690. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-10 22:19 |
| #8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_aid_to_Palestinians#2007-2009 In December 2007, during the Paris Donor Conference, which followed the Annapolis Conference, the international community pledged over $7.7 billion for 2008–2010 in support of the Palestinian Reform and Development Program (PRDP). Following the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict, an international conference took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where donors pledged almost $4.5 billion for the reconstruction of Gaza. That's $12.2 billion over 3 years. |
| Posted by: George Thetch6690 2011-02-10 19:15 |
| #7 I suspect there are pockets of unemployment about that high in the U.S. I wonder what the unemployment rate is say in parts of Detroit? Or among young people? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-10 16:18 |
| #6 I guess they ran out of plumbing pipes to make rockets with. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-02-10 11:46 |
| #5 Karl, Doesn't digging tunnels and launching Katushka rockets into Israel count as employment? James, It appears to me that the UN forgot that most of the able bodied types are running around all night shooting up each other's hookah hangouts and they're too tired to have an 8 to 5 job...maybe its all of the hashish and bad coffee taking its toll. Karl, The UN is just a bunch of cry babies and sissies. |
| Posted by: James Carville/Karl Rove 2011-02-10 11:45 |
| #4 "Hey, we're not unemployed. We're busy resisting the illegal occupation by the Zionist Entity. P.S. Send money!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-02-10 10:40 |
| #3 And we should care because of? They have had sixty two years, sixty two fricking years to buiold an economy not to mention how they burnt the greenhoses who were supoposed to bring them jobs |
| Posted by: JFM 2011-02-10 07:23 |
| #2 Running low on parts at the rocket assembly plants? |
| Posted by: CincinnatusChili 2011-02-10 07:08 |
| #1 Assuming that Israel had no say in it, what projects could UNRWA do that would make much of a difference? |
| Posted by: Bernardz 2011-02-10 04:28 |