17. World Bank West Bank and Gaza: Medium-Term Development Strategy for the Health Sector. Washington D.C.: World Bank, 1998: 159pp.

This report assesses the performance and prospects of the health sector in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, providing a focal point for an ongoing development dialogue. Its analysis of sector delivery, financing and governance suggests short and medium term actions such as: ensuring financial sustainability by reevaluating the public investment plan in light of revised macroeconomic projections, improving efficiency through sector wide initiatives, improving the quality of services provided by improving delivery processes and clarifying the roles and responsibilities of various sector agencies, with a focus on strengthening the Ministry’s role in regulatory and policy functions and improving its insurance operations, as well as those at the Government Health Insurance organization.