Jordan

With demand for mass housing thriving and transport, energy and other infrastructure projects continuing to roll out, the kingdom’s construction sector faces the challenge of meeting a wide range of demands at a time of economic slowdown.

Few sectors in Jordan have been more dramatically impacted by recent regional turbulence and uncertainty than housing. With large numbers of Syrian refugees fleeing into Jordan over the past few years, there has been major pressure on low- to middle-income real estate, with the government, developers and international organisations working...

Jordan’s rail, road, sea and air transport infrastructure is currently undergoing a rapid transformation, with opportunities for investment in all segments. These projects seek to capitalise on the kingdom’s growing domestic market, as well as on the country’s geographic location. The latter has long made Jordan a natural transport and...

With 2015 seeing national carrier Royal Jordanian (RJ) returning to profit helped by the low oil price, along with solid growth in passenger numbers at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), the kingdom’s aviation sector has been undergoing something of a rebirth. More airlines and more routes operating from Jordan have also added to the...

A significant new law was drafted in 2016, which promises to mark the end of a lengthy period of legislative uncertainty for Jordan’s transport sector if it is passed by the next parliament.