## 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

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### 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

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/30/jordan-background-information-on-selected-aspects-of-adjustment-and-growth-strategy-597_