Last week it was reported that Jordan’s National Electric Power Co.

In a letter addressed to the prime minister on March 29, 2014, King Abdullah emphasised the utmost urgency with which the government should devise “an economic blueprint to guide our national economy over the next 10 years”. The government responded a few days ago wi

The main challenge facing the Jordanian economy in the last several years has been energy, but it is also the country’s greatest opportunity as the field is filled with opportunities to attract foreign direct investment. Meanwhile, other than strategising and counterstrate

Whether one is fighting cancer or a recession, being optimistic helps. Thus, making a nation feel optimistic about its future is the job of governments, particularly those that desire to guide it out of a bad spot. Conversely, scare tactics that raise pessimism and fear of the

The national debt rose by almost JD5 billion in the last two years, in spite of extremely generous support from donors and developing agencies. Consequently, the size of Jordan’s public debt just exceeded JD22 billion. Not even the development grants of JD2 billion from t

Not so many years ago, during the easy money era (2004-2008), Jordan enjoyed a period of unprecedented growth: in real terms the GDP grew by an average of 8 per cent, a superb rate. However, a great opportunity was  missed, it was the time then to reform the economy, instea

A cursory review of the many initiatives launched in the past decade would show that the majority have suffered one of two fates: failure to launch or early death.

The best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century by French economist Thomas Piketty is of prime significance for Jordan and Jordanian social scientists if not decision makers.

Edraak (Arabic for: to recognise, appreciate, grasp, understand, comprehend), the brainchild of Her Majesty Queen Rania, is a massive open online course (MOOC) platform that provides courses in Arabic. Launched a month ago in Amman, the initiative is a step in the right directio