Despite high levels of government debt and the costs associated with hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees, Jordan’s economy has continued to demonstrate remarkable resilience in the face of ongoing regional instability. A raft of far-reaching reforms introduced in 2016, along with newly brokered international agreements, should help the kingdom continue along its slow but steady growth path in the years ahead.
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.
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...
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...
Jordan’s rail, road, sea and air transport infrastructure is 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 geographic location that has long made it a natural transport and logistics corridor for the rest of the region, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the West...
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