External debt: $NA
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: $410 million (est.) disbursed from international aid pledges
in 1995 (includes aid to West Bank)
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot
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)
Fiscal year: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: NA km; note - one line, abandoned and in disrepair, little
trackage remains
Highways: total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: small, poorly developed road network
Ports: Gaza
Airports: total: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)