e-Monthly Bulletin  ::: Issue No.80 ::: 05/05/2013
 

Press Releases

The participation rate in the labour force of persons aged 15 years and above in Palestine was 44% distributed as 69% for males and 17% for females.
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for  Palestine in March 2013 decreased by 0.65% compared to February 2013. 
Exports increased in February, 2013 by 10.6 % compared to January, 2013, Imports increased in February, 2013 by 0.2 % compared to January, 2013
PCBS: The Price Indices for Construction Cost, Road Cost, Water Networks Cost, Sewage Networks Cost in the West Bank in March, 03/2013 
During 2012, half a million guests stayed in hotels in the West Bank: 36% were from European Union countries, 15% were Palestinian and 7% were from the United States and Canada.
The overall Wholesale Price Index (WPI) in Palestine in the First quarter 2013 decrease by 0.01% compared to the Fourth quarter 2012.

Since 1967 Israel has arrested more than 800,000 Palestinians, Around 4,900 Palestinians are still in detention
The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during March 2013 decreased by 0.50% compared with February 2013

In 2011, there were 81 governmental and non-governmental hospitals in Palestine, 25 of them are a governmental hospitals, while 56 are non-governmental hospitals with a capacity of 5,414 beds
About 2.04 million children under the age in the Palestine in the mid of 2012

The overall Quantity of Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine during February 2013 decrease of 8.13% compared to the previous month (January 2013).

New Publications
Hotel Activities in the West Bank - Annual Bulletin - 2012
West Bank Northern Governorates Statistical Yearbook, 2012
Labour Force Survey - Annual Report: 2012
Palestinian Children –Issues and Statistics - Annual Report, 2013
Establishment Census 2012 - Main Findings

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