The World Bank has approved a $42m (£24m) aid package to the Palestinians, in an effort to save the current caretaker government from collapse.
The money will help the Palestinian Authority avoid the suspension of vital basic services, a statement said.
It comes as donors debate whether to stop funding the PA after militant group Hamas takes power.
Hamas won January's elections but European countries and the US regard it as a terrorist organisation.
Last week, the European Union approved a 120m-euro ($140m; £83m) aid package to the Palestinians.
As many as one in four Palestinians depend on wages from the Palestinian Authority.
David Craig, World Bank director for the West Bank and Gaza, said the money would enable the PA to ‘maintain economic and social stability in the short-term by covering urgent recurrent expenditures such as salaries of civil servants’.
‘It remains a critical priority for the PA to undertake comprehensive reforms to bring down the deficit to sustainable levels,’ he said.
'Side-stepping Hamas'
Palestinians depend on more than $1bn (£0.58bn) in foreign aid a year.
It is unclear how much of that money will be frozen by international donors once Hamas forms a government - which must happen by the end of the month under Palestinian law.
Hamas has been urged by donors to change its policies towards Israel, including recognising its right to exist and renouncing violence.
A proposal being discussed by Israel and donor nations would funnel most future international aid to the Palestinians through the World Bank.
Expanding the World Bank's role could enable donors to side-step a Hamas-led government while ensuring humanitarian assistance reaches the Palestinian people analysts say.
Hamas has so far rejected demands that it recognise Israel and renounce violence, but it has been observing an informal truce with Israel.
PALESTINIAN ECONOMY
GDP: $3.3bn
Population: 3.6 million
GDP per person: $934
Foreign aid per person: $469
Change in GDP per person since 1999: -38%
Poverty rate: 48%
Unemployment rate: 27%
Source: World Bank