Introduction -- Building a successful Palestinian state -- Approach -- Defining success -- Conditions for success -- Security -- Governance -- Economic development -- Social well-being -- Cross-cutting issues: contiguity, permeability, and security -- Contiguity -- Permeability -- Security -- Key findings from the analyses -- Governance -- Internal security -- Demography -- Water -- Health -- Education -- Economic development -- Implementing these recommendations -- The arc: a formal structure for a Palestinian state -- The shape of Palestine -- Population density and options for growth -- Growth in Gaza -- Linking the cities -- Fostering "linear" growth -- New neighborhoods -- Costs and direct economic benefits of constructing the arc -- Social and political challenges of absorbing refugees -- Conclusion -- Achieving successful development -- Looking to the future.