In a fragile and conflict-ridden context such as the Gaza Strip where the de facto Hamas
government faces isolation and lacks international recognition the provision of aid and
development schemes challenges donors and CSOs delivering services to Palestinians. This volume
examines how international donors influenced the reconstruction and recovery policy agenda as
well as its implementation. Moreover as a result of the no-contact policy recovery and
reconstruction schemes were delivered with limited involvement from the de facto Hamas
government raising questions about the efficacy of the governance without government concept.
This book examines the dynamics and the impact of international donors' financing of Civil
Society Organizations that were involved in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. It expands on
the existing analysis of transnational aid actors' influence found in the public policy
literature while contributing to our understanding of the concrete and more specific impact
of international donors' financing on the livelihoods of the Palestinian people.
