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Jordan is where domestic and regional fissures collide
Former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein has papered over a rare public dispute in the ruling Jordanian family in a move that is unlikely...
Jordan, Israel, and Palestine in Quest of Solving the Energy Conundrum
Gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean can help deliver dividends of peace to Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. New energy supply options can strengthen Jordan’s...
Policy Measures to Advance Jordan’s Transition to Renewables
A new report published today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has identified a series of policy measures that can help advance the...
UAE and Israeli settlers find common ground in Jerusalem
Weakened by Joe Biden’s electoral defeat of US President Donald J. Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu risks being caught between a rock and...
The Great Reset: A Global Opening Moment to Turn Crisis into Opportunity
H.M. King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of Jordan opened the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2020 with a call for a...
Jordan: COVID-19 Pandemic Weighs Heavily on the Economy, as it does on the Region
The World Bank launched today its Jordan Economic Monitor (JEM) Spring 2020 edition “Weathering the Storm” in a virtual meeting hosted by the Jordan...
The Ripple Effects of the Syrian Conflict in the Mashreq Region
A decade of conflict in Syria led to region-wide economic and social fallout across Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, adding urgency to the call for...
Jordan: US$200 million to improve digital services and access to jobs for youth
The World Bank Group’s Board
of Executive Directors approved today a US$200 million project to increase
access for Jordanian youth to jobs and expand government digital...
Potential Of Renewables In The MENA Region: The Cases Of Turkey And Jordan
The potential of renewables in the MENA region is met with major challenges
and opportunities. The region is home to more than half of the...
Four Arab Countries Among World’s Top 10 Business Climate Improvers
Economies in the Middle East and North Africa region
implemented the most reforms on record to ease doing business for domestic
small and medium-sized enterprises and...