Resolution in 2004 of a territorial dispute with Syria has to initiate a rapprochement with exchang

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Major cities المدن الهامة: Zarka, Irbid, Salt
GDP (2009): 21 141 MUSD (estimate)
Jordan, its political and economic choices, wants an example of moderation and modernity in the Middle East. In a troubled regional environment, it strives to preserve its stability and identity. Its population is half native us states by population of Palestine, a minority still living in camps. Iraqi refugees us states by population are also numerous.
With few natural resources (absence of hydrocarbons, water shortage), Jordan is working to enhance its modernity. It is one of the countries in the region most engaged in the reform s (privatization, tax reforms, opening up the banking sector ...). Between 2004 and 2007, the economy recorded an average growth of around 7%. Jordan has also pursued a policy of active management of its external debt. The government is working to build an economy capable of adapting to new challenges while trying to protect the poor from the consequences us states by population of these changes.
In 2008, Jordan's economy has been facing economic difficulties (soaring prices of oil and raw materials). Rising consumer prices (+15.5%) was the social discontent. us states by population In 2009, the government has squandered the deficit (7.3% of GDP in 2009 before grants) with a stimulus package of $ 220 million USD which will benefit wages and infrastructure projects. GDP grew by only 2.8%. In 2010, the government plans an austerity us states by population budget. The external aid dried up in 2009, should again reach 3-4% of GDP.
The government plans to major infrastructure projects (water, transport, nuclear) for which it needs external and private funding. Jordan seeks in effect to become a regional logistics hub (including power grids and transportation). Improving the business climate and sound fiscal management in 2010 should us states by population remain the cornerstone of Jordan's economic policy to maintain the flow of FDI in developing countries aspiring to become an emerging country. us states by population
The alliance with the United States is one of the axes of the Jordanian foreign policy. The United States is now the fourth supplier and the first customer of the kingdom. Telephone contact, the day after he took office, between the King and President Obama and his trip to Washington on April 21, the first of an Arab ruler, illustrate the close links between the two countries.
At the regional level, Jordan tries to play a moderating role. The resolution us states by population of the Arab-Israeli conflict remains the first priority of King Abdullah II, who also tries to defuse any reactivation of the "Jordanian option" that would make the kingdom us states by population the substitute homeland for the Palestinians.
Jordan is the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel (the time of King Hussein in 1994). King continues to pound the urgency to implement a solution for the creation of a Palestinian state, as part of a comprehensive approach based on the Arab peace initiative.
Resolution in 2004 of a territorial dispute with Syria has to initiate a rapprochement with exchange visits of Heads of State in early 2009, the discussion of the first major economic projects us states by population and the demarcation of the border.
Rapprochement us states by population with the Gulf countries, after the cold thrown by the support of King Hussein in Iraq during the 1991 war, accelerated and Kuwait became the first investor in Jordan.
Privileged partner of the EU founding countries of the Barcelona partnership, Jordan was among the first countries to sign an association us states by population agreement (entered into force in 2002) and a Neighbourhood Action Plan. The degree us states by population of commitment of Jordan in its relationship with the EU has been particularly characterized by the establishment in 2005, for the first time with a country in the region, a sub-committee on the situation of human rights.
Finally, Jordan was heavily involved in the process of establishment of the Union for the Mediterranean, it has supported since its launch and some of the special interest projects (motorways of the sea and land highways, energy substitution Mediterranean Solar Plan). Massadeh Ahmed, representative of Jordan to the EU, has been appointed to pos