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Palestinian workers demolish an old house, in Gaza city on March 18, 2021. A difficult year is already assured even with no further escalation of public health measures. While some measures to curb the movements and gatherings are still in place, the great majority of activity remains open. Assuming that the lockdowns remain limited, the severe first half contraction will likely avoid repetition, though not sufficiently to offset the losses in the first half. Consequently, GDP for 2020 is expected to contract by about 8%. A modest bounce back is expected in the forecast period with growth averaging 2.5% as full normalization of activity is not expected to occur before the second half of 2021. The poverty rate is projected to stall around 27.5% in 2021. Photo by Mahmoud Ajjour
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