Jordan: Background Information on Selected Aspects of Adjustment and Growth Strategy
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 1, 1995
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Bibliographic details
- Published: June 1, 1995
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Overview
- Presents background information on selected aspects of adjustment and growth strategy for Jordan.
- Deals with key developments in the Jordanian economy since 1989 compared with its developments in the 1970s and 1980s.
- Presents an overview of Jordan’s economic structure, policies, and developments, particularly since 1989, and provides a setting for the issue-oriented discussions of other sections.
- Highlights Jordan’s recent success while stressing the importance of appropriate financial policies and structural reforms, together with external financial support, for achieving sustainable economic growth.
- Prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country.
Key findings and emphasis
- Comparison of developments in the Jordanian economy: since 1989 versus the 1970s and 1980s.
- Overview covers economic structure, policies, and developments, with particular focus on the period since 1989.
- Emphasizes the role of:
- appropriate financial policies,
- structural reforms,
- external financial support,
in achieving sustainable economic growth.
Subjects and keywords
- Subjects:
- Commercial banks
- Expenditure
- External debt
- Financial institutions
- Public debt
- Tariffs
- Taxes
- Keywords:
- balance of payments
- Commercial banks
- CR
- current account
- debt management
- debt relief
- debt service
- economic activity
- exchange rate
- financial system
- fiscal policy
- foreign exchange
- ISCR
- Middle East
- poverty line
- Tariffs
- total factor productivity
- U.S. dollar