The Middle East Economy

While Iraqi residents of Jordan drive demand across the kingdom’s economy, Jordanian businesses also have an important role to play in the stabilisation and reconstruction of Iraq, especially following the withdrawal of US troops from the country in 2011. Jordanian investors remain hesitant about their neighbour’s security situation and complex...

International relations are pivotal to Jordan’s economic wellbeing. Equally, the international community is aware of the importance of supporting the country within a potentially volatile regional climate. While annual grants help Jordan balance the books, technical assistance programmes and trade agreements are helping to increase economic...

Facing low growth and a mounting fiscal burden, policymakers in Jordan are making preparations to support long-term economic recovery and to encourage greater investment in emerging business segments such as infrastructure and energy.

While Jordan is known throughout the region for the high quality of its education, the emigration of thousands of Jordanians to opportunities in the Gulf and further afield each year results in a drain of highly skilled workers. At the same time, the domestic supply of jobs has only just kept pace with demand, indicating unemployment would be...

Amid regional turbulence, Jordan remains relatively stable and cohesive. This is a key advantage that the kingdom offers to foreign investors, who continue to use the country as a base for targeting growth markets in the region, and who are stepping up their involvement in core domestic industries such as energy, health care and information...

With 2023 the centennial of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, elections in 2011 saw the government unveil a long-term vision for the country’s development that stretches ahead for more than a decade. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), able to capitalise on an unprecedented period of political stability after winning its third...