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JORDAN: Amman will try to prevent protests snowballing
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
ISSN: 2633-304X
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That comes as the country’s own parliament prepares to vote on the 2020 fiscal bill before the end of the year. Amman is currently in the last year of a 723-million-dollar IMF…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249498
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JORDAN: Amman can control income tax grumbling
He 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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Plans for energy security and diversification.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217671
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JORDAN: UAE aid will temporarily plug the budget gap
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES249480
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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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This comes following high tensions with teachers, who engaged in a series of widespread protests after the Attorney-General ordered the closure of the Teachers' Union and forcible…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256336
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It also looked at government-proposed amendments to another law aiming to reduce the scope for tax evasion in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone. Recent developments including the…