{ "title": "Jordan: Technical Assistance Report-Fiscal Transparency Evaluation", "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, October 8, 2021", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2021/10/04/jordan-technical-assistance-report-fiscal-transparency-evaluation-478013", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2021/10/04/jordan-technical-assistance-report-fiscal-transparency-evaluation-478013", "overlayPath": "/en/publications/cr/issues/2021/10/04/jordan-technical-assistance-report-fiscal-transparency-evaluation-478013/index.md", "summary": "Jordan has taken important steps to enhance its fiscal transparency over the past decade. Notably, there is a comprehensive legal framework for the management of public finances. Fiscal reports have become more comprehensive and cover a high proportion of public sector institutions.", "sections": [ { "heading": "Executive summary and key findings", "content": "- Jordan has taken important steps to enhance its fiscal transparency over the past decade.\n- There is a comprehensive legal framework for the management of public finances.\n- Fiscal reports have become more comprehensive and cover a high proportion of public sector institutions.\n- The frequency of in-year reporting is at an advanced level.\n- The timeliness of publication of the government’s annual financial statements is at an advanced level.\n- Fiscal statistics are disseminated in accordance with international standards (SDDS).\n- Fiscal forecasts and budgets have become more forward looking and policy oriented with the introduction of a five-year medium-term budget framework and a program classification.\n- In the 2019 Open Budget Survey, Jordan scored above the global average for transparency and is the only country in the region ranked overall as ‘green’ on this measure.\n- The Fiscal Transparency Evaluation (FTE) provides a more detailed and in-depth analysis with a broader focus than the Open Budget Survey." }, { "heading": "Major themes analyzed", "content": "- Legal and institutional framework for public financial management\n - Existence of a comprehensive legal framework for management of public finances.\n- Reporting coverage and comprehensiveness\n - Improved comprehensiveness of fiscal reports and expanded coverage of public sector institutions.\n- In-year reporting and annual financial statements\n - Advanced frequency of in-year reporting.\n - Advanced timeliness of publication of government annual financial statements.\n- Fiscal statistics and standards\n - Dissemination of fiscal statistics in accordance with international standards (SDDS).\n- Budgeting and fiscal forecasting\n - Introduction of a five-year medium-term budget framework.\n - Adoption of a program classification to make forecasts and budgets more forward looking and policy oriented.\n- Comparative transparency assessment\n - 2019 Open Budget Survey outcome: scored above the global average for transparency; only country in the region ranked overall as ‘green’.\n - FTE offers broader and more in-depth analysis compared with the Open Budget Survey." }, { "heading": "Publication and metadata (exact values)", "content": "- Publication title: Jordan: Technical Assistance Report-Fiscal Transparency Evaluation\n- Publication date on page: October 8, 2021\n- Pages: 69\n- Volume: 2021\n- Issue: 224\n- Series: Country Report No. 2021/224\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513598840.002\n- Stock No: 1JOREA2021003\n- ISBN: 9781513598840\n- ISSN: 1934-7685\n- Format citation shown on page: International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. \"Jordan: Technical Assistance Report-Fiscal Transparency Evaluation\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2021, 224 (2021), accessed 9/5/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513598840.002" }, { "heading": "Subject tags and keywords (as listed)", "content": "- Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Fiscal reporting, Fiscal risks, International organization, Monetary policy, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)\n- Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, equity ratio, Europe, Fiscal reporting, Fiscal risks, General government debt, General government finance bulletin, Global, IMF mission, Jordan FTC rating, Middle East and Central Asia\n\nSource: Jordan: Technical Assistance Report-Fiscal Transparency Evaluation, IMF Staff Country Reports 2021, 224 (2021), DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513598840.002.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1jorea2021003\n - 1jorea2021003 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n - 1jorea2021003 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}" } ], "bullets": [ "[Markdown version](/en/publications/cr/issues/2021/10/04/jordan-technical-assistance-report-fiscal-transparency-evaluation-478013/index.md)", "[Structured JSON version](/en/publications/cr/issues/2021/10/04/jordan-technical-assistance-report-fiscal-transparency-evaluation-478013/index.json)", "[Bundle manifest](/en/publications/cr/issues/2021/10/04/jordan-technical-assistance-report-fiscal-transparency-evaluation-478013/bundle-manifest.json)", "Published: October 8, 2021", "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports", "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513598840.002", "Jordan has taken important steps to enhance its fiscal transparency over the past decade.", "There is a comprehensive legal framework for the management of public finances.", "Fiscal reports have become more comprehensive and cover a high proportion of public sector institutions.", "The frequency of in-year reporting is at an advanced level.", "The timeliness of publication of the government’s annual financial statements is at an advanced level.", "Fiscal statistics are disseminated in accordance with international standards (SDDS).", "Fiscal forecasts and budgets have become more forward looking and policy oriented with the introduction of a five-year medium-term budget framework and a program classification.", "In the 2019 Open Budget Survey, Jordan scored above the global average for transparency and is the only country in the region ranked overall as ‘green’ on this measure.", "The Fiscal Transparency Evaluation (FTE) provides a more detailed and in-depth analysis with a broader focus than the Open Budget Survey.", "Legal and institutional framework for public financial management", "Reporting coverage and comprehensiveness", "In-year reporting and annual financial statements", "Fiscal statistics and standards", "Budgeting and fiscal forecasting", "Comparative transparency assessment", "Publication title: Jordan: Technical Assistance Report-Fiscal Transparency Evaluation", "Publication date on page: October 8, 2021", "Pages: 69", "Volume: 2021", "Issue: 224", "Series: Country Report No. 2021/224", "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513598840.002", "Stock No: 1JOREA2021003", "ISBN: 9781513598840", "ISSN: 1934-7685", "Format citation shown on page: International Monetary Fund. 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