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1 – 9 of 9He was speaking at the signing ceremony for the first USD845mn grant bolstering the national budget, under a new agreement signed this year. The Gaza war has exacerbated concerns…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283977
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JORDAN: Tax needs will boost middle-class dissent
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES234132
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Popular anger in Jordan over the settlements has increased since the publication of US President Donald Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on January 28, which no longer…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250839
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The government is suffering a wave of popular anger after its austerity programme caused days of countrywide protests. Changing ministers is a standard royal method to deflect…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235249
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Despite a series of IMF programmes since 1989, public sector debt levels have climbed to worrying heights, driven by deficits on both fiscal and current account accounts. Jordan’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270291
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Activists had threatened more protests if progress were not achieved by that deadline. There have been no reforms as yet and a new draft income-tax law offered for public…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238676
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JORDAN: Rising unemployment will boost discontent
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES220919
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JORDAN: Aid may be inadequate and politically costly
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES235567
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Higher interest rates globally have not yet had a sharply negative impact on many EM sovereigns