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The economy of Jordan is classified as an upper-middle-income economy. Jordan 's GDP per capita rose by 351% in the 1970s, declined 30% in the 1980s, and rose 36% in the 1990s. [ 14] After King Abdullah II 's accession to the throne in 1999, liberal economic policies were introduced. Jordan's economy had been growing at an annual rate of 8% ...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade and Supply is the authority responsible for enhancing the position of the Jordanian product in global markets and the entry of Jordanian industry into new markets, enhancing the competitiveness of Jordanian industries and service sectors, improving their production, organizing and controlling internal and ...
The Cabinet of Jordan is led by the Prime Minister who is appointed by the King. The Prime Minister is then free to form his own cabinet which is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies on matters of general policy and can be forced to resign by a two-thirds vote of " no confidence " by that body or be dismissed by the King.
Mohamad Al Ississ is the Jordanian Minister of Finance.He was appointed as minister in November 2019. Previously he had served as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation and Minister of State for Economic Affairs in Omar Razzaz's Cabinet led by Omar Razzaz.
The Jordanian Economic and Commerce Bureau (ECB) has operated since 1999, with the main objective of promoting investment and trade between Jordan and the U.S. In April 2010, the ECB, with the support of a number of partners organized the first Jordan-U.S. Investment and Trade Forum. The Forum brought together more than 400 government ...
Bisher Khasawneh. Bisher Khasawneh ( Arabic: بشر الخصاونة; born 27 January 1969) [ 1] is a Jordanian politician and diplomat who has been serving as the 43rd Prime Minister of Jordan and Minister of Defence since 12 October 2020. Khasawneh was an ambassador of Jordan to Egypt, France, Kenya, Ethiopia, African Union, League of Arab ...
Agriculture in Jordan contributed substantially to the economy at the time of Jordan's independence, but it subsequently suffered a decades-long steady decline. In the early 1950s, agriculture constituted almost 40 percent of GNP; on the eve of the Six-Day War, it was 17 percent (including produce from the West Bank, which was under Jordan's ...
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship of Jordan is the body responsible for setting policies and legislation to regulate the information technology, communications and postal sector, complementing and sustaining the e-government network in Jordan, in addition to supporting initiatives in the field of communications and technology ...