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...
How can you balance social welfare provision with long-term efforts to reduce budget deficits and the size of the public sector?
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.
Can foreign companies use Jordan as a base for targeting growth markets across the Middle East?
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...
As most countries seek to stimulate economic growth in response to widespread stagnation, the topic of economic reform once again has taken centre stage. Jordan has been introducing various economic reform programmes since the early 1960s; however, most of these efforts were interrupted due in large part to region political instability and...
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