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Jordan's economy achieved a relatively strong rebound, registering 2.2 percent growth in 2021. The nascent recovery was … global commodity prices has kept the current account deficit elevated for another year. Nonetheless, Jordan ended 2021 on a … opening of the economy and a return in tourism and travel which is anticipated to boost Jordan's services sector. However …
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This is a semi-annual report series on recent economic developments and economic policies in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). The report looks at the economic performance and outlook for the Western Balkans region and specific...
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This report stems from the work initiated in the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) forUzbekistan in May 2016, which identified the quality of job creation as a central, cross-cuttingtheme. The SCD emphasized that "over the medium term, creating high-productivity, high-paying jobs for...
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Jordan's economy is showing a healthy recovery following a moderate contraction of 1.6 percent in 2020. Notwithstanding …, accommodative monetary policy by the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) as well as fiscal policy, continued to play an active role in … supporting the economy during the pandemic, while inflation has remained low. Yet, the pandemic has left deep scars on Jordan …
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Despite recent progress on vaccine developments to combat the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the global economic recovery remains surrounded by high uncertainty. During the first half of 2020, global economic output declined by an unprecedented level, resulting in a sharp fall in global trade....
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The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Program provides a framework for assessing and reporting on the strengths and weaknesses of public financial management (PFM) using quantitative indicators to measure performance. PEFA is a tool that helps governments achieve sustainable...
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Jordan's economic performance remains tempered in 2017 while the fiscal adjustment is in progress; yet there are … a robust performance in tourism. Jordan's industrial sector is expected to regain momentum based on a recovery in mining …
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impressive achievements in terms of access to education, policymakers in Jordan are keenly aware of the relatively low student … begins by describing the achievements as well as shortcomings of Jordan's education system (Section two); Section three …
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Do women in Jordan want to work? How do men feel about working women in their family? To what extent do personal …, Jordan has the lowest female labor force participation (FLFP) in the world of a country not at war. As development …
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