The Steadfastness of Economic Strategies Used by the Palestinian ‎Rural Families During the Al Aqsa Intifada (Qalqiliya Villages: A ‎Case Study)‎

The Steadfastness of Economic Strategies Used by the Palestinian ‎Rural Families During the Al Aqsa Intifada (Qalqiliya Villages: A ‎Case Study)‎

Hussein Ahmad, Mahmoud Abu-Rub ‎

hussein596@yahoo.com

Received : 02-11-2004 , Accepted : 13-03-2005

Language: Arabic

Abstract

The study uses the data collected by the Opnion Polls and Survey Studies Center at An-Najah National University concernning the villages in Qalqiliya Distrect. The aim of this study is to analyize the strategies used by the Palestinian families as a result of the decrease in their income or loss of it. The most common strategies used by the families to adapt with its new economic situation is using its savings, delay one of the family’s project, selling or mortgaging a piece of land or a house, selling a wife’s jewelry, returning to work in agriculture and home economic, borrowing from relatives, friends and banks, and having humanitarian aids. The main recommendation of the study is carrying out economic and social policies to limit the delay in the family projects, to find a continuous job opportunity, and to give an easy loan to creat investment projects in the Palestinian rural areas.

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