Development Project: Jordan

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Development Project Jordan
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• Statistics
• Population 6,459,000
• Urban population 83.211
• Infant Mortality Rate 16 per 1000
• Age Dependency Ratio 60.213

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• Government
• Official name of country Hashemite Kingdom of
  Jordan
• Leader King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein
• Government Control of the Economy 69.2 out of
  100
• Trade Statistics
• Top 3 import partners Saudi Arabia, China, and
  United States
• Top 3 export partners Iraq, United States, and
  Saudi Arabia
• Top 5 export goods (ApparelKint) (Fertilizers)
  (Pharmaceuticals) (Vegetable) (Natural Minerals
  Stone)
• Top 5 import goods (Oil l Mineral Fuels)
  (Industrial Machinery) (Motor Vehicles parts)
  (Cereals) (Electrical Machinery)

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• Economics
• Income Level Upper Middle Income
• Level of Development Developing
• GDP per Capita 11,785
  GDP PPP 76 billion
• GDP growth 2.829 GDP
  rank 87 out of 192
• Top 3 products exported Apparel Knit,
  Fertilizers, Fertilizers
• Top 3 trade partners Saudi Arabia, United
  States, China
• Top industries Clothing, Fertilizers, Potash,
  Phosphate Mining

Agriculture Services Industry Manufacturing
3.4 66.91 29.69 19.42
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• Weaknesses
• GDP per capita is low
• Inflation is high
• Corruption is high
• High Unemployment
• Strengths
• Large Urban Population
• Equal Distribution of Wealth
• Recommendations
• Offer more jobs
• Decrease the amount of corruption
• Use Dollar because the inflation is high

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Executive Summary

• I learned that the economy of Jordan is upper
  middle class and its GDP rank is 87 out of 192.
  The GDP is not growing enough. The Jordanian
  market is considered one of the most developed
  Arab market outside the Persian Gulf states.
  Jordan is one of the most liberal countries in
  the Middle East with a secular government.