Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: $410 million (est.) disbursed from international aid pledged
in 1995 (includes aid to Gaza Strip)
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot; 1 Jordanian
dinar (JD) = 1,000 fils
Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 3.1295 (January 1996), 3.0113 (1995), 3.0111 (1994), 2.8301 (1993), 2.4591 (1992), 2.2791 (1991); Jordanian dinars (JD) per US$1 - 0.7090 (January 1996), 0.7005 (1995), 0.6987 (1994), 0.6928 (1993), 0.6797 (1992), 0.6808 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)
Transportation ———————
Railways: 0 km
Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
note: small road network; Israelis have developed many highways to
service Jewish settlements
Ports: none
Airports:
total: 2
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)
Communications ———————