Palestinian Household Consumption Expenditures on Public Utilities: The Case of Electricity and Water

This project aims to examine the determinants behind Palestinian household expenditure on the two major public utilities: electricity and water. Data available from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) indicate that while household consumption of those commodities tends to increase over time, household expenditure on those utilities shows a declining trend, particularly since 2002. Concurrently, data available from the suppliers of those
utilities indicate that they suffer from accumulated huge deficits.