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  "title": "Jordan: Strategy for Adjustment and Growth",
  "publication": "Occasional Papers, May 20, 1996",
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  "summary": "The paper analyzes the major progress Jordan has made in recent years in macroeconomic stabilization and the transformation of its economic structure.",
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    {
      "heading": "Overview and purpose",
      "content": "- Authors: Ahsan S. Mansur, Edouard Maciejewski\n- Publication date: May 20, 1996\n- Format: Occasional Paper No. 1996/002, Issue: 002\n- Pages: 80\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755582.084\n- ISBN: 9781557755582\n- ISSN: 0251-6365\n- Stock No: S136EA0000000\n- Volume: 1996"
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      "heading": "Scope and main themes",
      "content": "- The paper analyzes the major progress Jordan has made in recent years in macroeconomic stabilization and the transformation of its economic structure.\n- It discusses recent economic developments, macroeconomic policies, and structural reforms.\n- It examines the factors underpinning growth, including structural reforms in key areas such as:\n  - public finance\n  - the financial system\n  - the trade and exchange regime\n  - Jordan's external debt-management strategy\n  - the dynamics of the public debt and its sustainability"
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    {
      "heading": "Key findings (as stated)",
      "content": "- Jordan achieved major progress in macroeconomic stabilization.\n- Jordan has undergone transformation of its economic structure.\n- Structural reforms in public finance, the financial system, and the trade and exchange regime are central to growth dynamics.\n- External debt-management strategy and public debt dynamics are critical for sustainability."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, National accounts, Private investment, Public debt, Tariffs, Taxes\n- Keywords: Commercial banks, debt service, Eastern Europe, external debt-management strategy, factors underpinning growth, financing constraint, Fiscal stance, Jordan, Jordan dinar, lending program, Middle East, OP, Private investment, Tariffs"
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      "heading": "Access and related notes",
      "content": "- The paper is part of the IMF Occasional Papers series and is available via the IMF eLibrary.\n- Citation example (Chicago): Ahsan S. Mansur, and Edouard Maciejewski. Jordan: Strategy for Adjustment and Growth, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed 9/17/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755582.084\n\nSource: Jordan: Strategy for Adjustment and Growth, Occasional Paper No. 1996/002, International Monetary Fund\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/occasional-papers/issues/2016/12/30/jordan-strategy-for-adjustment-and-growth-711"
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    "Published: May 20, 1996",
    "Series: Occasional Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755582.084",
    "Authors: Ahsan S. Mansur, Edouard Maciejewski",
    "Publication date: May 20, 1996",
    "Format: Occasional Paper No. 1996/002, Issue: 002",
    "Pages: 80",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755582.084",
    "ISBN: 9781557755582",
    "ISSN: 0251-6365",
    "Stock No: S136EA0000000",
    "Volume: 1996",
    "The paper analyzes the major progress Jordan has made in recent years in macroeconomic stabilization and the transformation of its economic structure.",
    "It discusses recent economic developments, macroeconomic policies, and structural reforms.",
    "It examines the factors underpinning growth, including structural reforms in key areas such as:",
    "Jordan achieved major progress in macroeconomic stabilization.",
    "Jordan has undergone transformation of its economic structure.",
    "Structural reforms in public finance, the financial system, and the trade and exchange regime are central to growth dynamics.",
    "External debt-management strategy and public debt dynamics are critical for sustainability.",
    "Subject: Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, National accounts, Private investment, Public debt, Tariffs, Taxes",
    "Keywords: Commercial banks, debt service, Eastern Europe, external debt-management strategy, factors underpinning growth, financing constraint, Fiscal stance, Jordan, Jordan dinar, lending program, Middle East, OP, Private investment, Tariffs",
    "The paper is part of the IMF Occasional Papers series and is available via the IMF eLibrary.",
    "Citation example (Chicago): Ahsan S. Mansur, and Edouard Maciejewski. Jordan: Strategy for Adjustment and Growth, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed 9/17/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755582.084"
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