{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence, memoranda, reports, statistics (immigration figures); radiograms, cables, financial statements; maps and drawings.</p> <p> The materials contained within this series document the activity of PEC in the administration of public works loans during a period of extensive unemployment in Palestine. Relief in the form of these loans meant not only work for the unemployed, but the continued development of the country. Loans for the construction of roads, streets, and highways, for example, connected existing settlements and opened up land for new settlements. Funds were also granted for the continued development of irrigation and drainage schemes. These monies took the form of special credits extended by institutions such as the Central Bank, the Palestine Mortgage and Credit Bank, and the Palestine Building Loan and Saving Association.</p>"}