Foreign Direct Investment in Jordan
Outline:-
1. Jordan’s History * Country * Society
2. Economy * GDP * Budget * Development Planning
3. Government and Politics * The Constitution * The King * The Government
5. Foreign Trade Policy * Relations with major Countries. * Jordan and Arab Countries. * Jordan and its relations with WTO. * Jordan partnering with OIC ( Organization Of Islamic Conference). * Jordan’s Free Trade Agreements with various associations and countries.
7. Current Status and Future Plans
8. Conclusion
History
Jordan is a small Arabic country located in the southwest Asia and has common borders with Syria from the north, the West Bank (Palestine) and Israel from the West, Iraq to the east and Saudi Arabia from the south and south-east. It also overlooks the Gulf of Aqaba in the south-west. The capital of Jordan called Amman and the major cities are Irbid, Az Zarqa, Madaba, Karak, Mafrag and Aqaba. The Major language in Jordan is the Arabic language, English considered as the Second language. . The area of Jordan is almost (89.287) km 2. The estimated population of Jordan is 6,342.000. 1.8 million Of the population are from Palestine, who are immigrant. In addition half a million of the population are from Iraq. This is almost more than one third of the total population of Jordan are composed from Immigrants ,in addition, there are some other two small groups, these group are composed of Circassians and the Armenians, both groups account for less than 3 percent. This has a major influence in the social environments of Jordan. For example, the original residences of Jordan were surviving on agriculture, but the cost of living in Jordan has risen due to the huge number of the immigrants. The Jordanian citizens start to migrate to the major cities looking for a job that can cover their living expenses. Also migrate to Jordan adding the problem of Unemployment. 92% of the Jordanian population Belong to Islam while a
1. Jordan’s History * Country * Society
2. Economy * GDP * Budget * Development Planning
3. Government and Politics * The Constitution * The King * The Government
5. Foreign Trade Policy * Relations with major Countries. * Jordan and Arab Countries. * Jordan and its relations with WTO. * Jordan partnering with OIC ( Organization Of Islamic Conference). * Jordan’s Free Trade Agreements with various associations and countries.
7. Current Status and Future Plans
8. Conclusion
History
Jordan is a small Arabic country located in the southwest Asia and has common borders with Syria from the north, the West Bank (Palestine) and Israel from the West, Iraq to the east and Saudi Arabia from the south and south-east. It also overlooks the Gulf of Aqaba in the south-west. The capital of Jordan called Amman and the major cities are Irbid, Az Zarqa, Madaba, Karak, Mafrag and Aqaba. The Major language in Jordan is the Arabic language, English considered as the Second language. . The area of Jordan is almost (89.287) km 2. The estimated population of Jordan is 6,342.000. 1.8 million Of the population are from Palestine, who are immigrant. In addition half a million of the population are from Iraq. This is almost more than one third of the total population of Jordan are composed from Immigrants ,in addition, there are some other two small groups, these group are composed of Circassians and the Armenians, both groups account for less than 3 percent. This has a major influence in the social environments of Jordan. For example, the original residences of Jordan were surviving on agriculture, but the cost of living in Jordan has risen due to the huge number of the immigrants. The Jordanian citizens start to migrate to the major cities looking for a job that can cover their living expenses. Also migrate to Jordan adding the problem of Unemployment. 92% of the Jordanian population Belong to Islam while a
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