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Evaluating Palestinian Reform [English]. 2005.
The author measures reform efforts to date and proposes concrete steps in four priority areas: political parties, security services, judiciary and media.

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme [English][Arabic].
The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) is a Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1990 to provide comprehensive community mental health services - therapy, training and research - to the population of the Gaza Strip.

International Development Research Centre - IDRC in Palestine [English].
Overview of the development projects carried by Canada's International Development Research Centre in Palestine starting mid-1980s

International Republican Institute - Assistance Program to the West Bank and Gaza [English].
This is a review of IRI's activities in the West Bank and Gaza 1996-2001.

National Democratic Institute - Assistance Program to the West Bank and Gaza [English].
The NDI governance program in the West Bank and Gaza centers on building an informed and active civil society and on enhancing the capability of the Palestinian Legislative Council.

Palestine - UNDP Projects - Democratic Governance [English].

Palestine - UNDP Projects - Environment & Energy [English].

Palestine - UNDP Projects - HIV/AIDS [English].

Palestine - UNDP Projects - Poverty Reduction [English].

Palestine National Authority - Banking Laws [Arabic].
From the Arab Banking Laws Database - The Union of Arab Banks and the United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab in Region UNDP-POGAR.

Palestine National Authority - Financial Oversight Laws [Arabic].
From the Arab Financial and Oversight Database - The Union of Arab Banks and the United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab in Region UNDP-POGAR.

Palestine National Authority - Legislative Council - Legal Database [Arabic].
The web site provides access to the laws enacted by the Legislative Council and to others that are pending or under various stages of discussions and reading all listed by law number, the sponsoring entity and the date of the general discussion.

Palestine National Authority - Legislative Council - Members and Committees Database [Arabic].
The database provides access to information about the PLC's members including their committees affiliation and a list of the PLC's committees, their membership and general information.

Palestine National Authority - Legislative Council - Sessions Database [Arabic].
The web site aims to provide access to the full text of the PLC's sessions files and laws enacted.

Palestine National Authority - Legislative Texts [Arabic].
The constitution, bylaws, elections laws, and other texts from the Arab Parliamentary Database - The United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region UNDP-POGAR.

Palestine National Authority - Palestinian Reform [Arabic].
Overview of the Palestinian governmental reform plans by sector with follow-up information from the office of the prime minister.

Palestinian Legal and Judicial System "Al-muqtafi" [Arabic].
The set of Palestinian laws and legislation since the Ottoman Era, the British Mandate, the Jordanian rule of the West Bank, the Egyptian Administration in Gaza, the Israeli Military Occupation, up to the rise of the Palestinian Authority. (A computerized data base).

Palestinian Rule of Law Program [English].
The Open Society Institute’s Palestinian Rule of Law (PROL) program offers up to ten fellowships for lawyers or law graduates normally resident in the Gaza Strip or West Bank, including East Jerusalem. PROL fellowships provide support for the completion of an LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree.

Sabaya: Community Based Women's Empowerment Programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Programme [English].
The aim of this programme is to promote Palestinian women’s participation in the social, economic and political life of their communities by empowering them to become agents for change in their struggle for achieving human security and therefore, a just and a peaceful society. It was executed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Strengthening Palestinian Public Institutions [English]. 2006.
This report performs both diagnostic and prescriptive functions with respect to the public institutions of the Palestinian Authority. Its three objectives are as follows: 1) to determine the actual condition and effectiveness of those institutions; 2) to identify the difficulties they have encountered and the impediments to their effective functioning; and 3) to propose practical measures to improve their effectiveness and credibility in the medium to long term.

TAMKEEN: Strengthening Civil Society Networks in the West Bank and Gaza [English][Arabic].
Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Civil Society and Democracy Strengthening project known as Tamkeen — “empowerment” in Arabic — is a five-year activity aimed at preserving the “political space” occupied by Palestinian civil society organizations and promoting their crucial role in public discourse.

West Bank and Gaza Gender Profile, a summary [English].
The World Bank Group - Gender Statistics database can be searched for each of the following topics: gender profiles, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, education, health, and maternal mortality.

Women Against Violence [English][Arabic].
WAV seeks to address the problem of domestic violence and the paucity of support services for abused Arab women in Israel. WAV established the first full-service Arabic crisis hotline in Israel (the second Arabic language hotline in the country!), and Israel’s first shelters and halfway houses for Arab women and girls. Though based in Nazareth, WAV works throughout Israel in all areas with high concentrations of Arab women.

Women and Palestinian Elections [Arabic].
A round table on “Women and the Palestinian Elections” held on August 6th, 2002 at PASSIA, the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, Jerusalem.

Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling [English].
WCLAC was established in Jerusalem in 1991 as a Palestinian independent non-governmental non-profit organization with the aim of contributing to the building of a democratic Palestinian society based on the principles of gender equality and social justice. In order to achieve this aim, WCLAC develops programmes and projects with a clear Palestinian women’s agenda based on international human rights standards.

Women's Studies Center [English].
The Center was established in 1989 to fulfill the goals and mission of the Palestinian women's movement by conducting field studies to assess the reality and needs of Palestinian women, and to devise programs to meet these needs.