Located in the heart of the Middle East and with access to the Red Sea, Jordan is well positioned to serve as a regional logistics centre – a role the country’s leaders are working to expand. In the 1990s the trans-port sector, along with communications, accounted for 0.47% of total real economic growth, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF...
How do you see Aqaba’s status as a regional cen-tre for logistics and transport, and what implica-tions will it have on Jordan’s overall growth?
Amman has seen rapid population growth since becom-ing Jordan’s capital. Between 1996 and 2012 alone, the number of residents rose by 48% from 1.67m to 2.47m, according to data from the Department of Sta-tistics. Increased population has brought with it more pressure on the city’s transport infrastructure. Although the municipality has worked to...
The past several years have seen significant changes in Jordan. The state is pushing ahead with structural reforms that should provide a sound base for future development, as the economy shows signs of a brisk recovery from the difficult years it has faced in the wake of the global financial crisis.
A good transport system is a key enabler in any economy, but in the case of Bahrain, an island country, this holds particularly true. Although the nation has relatively small reserves of oil and gas, it has historically been a trading centre, and in the 1970s and 1980s it emerged as the main entrepôt for the Gulf region. As an open economy with a...
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