Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Jordan’s Political Analysis
2.1: Structure and stability of government
2.2: Government policy agenda
2.2.1: Policy agenda
3. Jordan’s Economic Analysis
3.1: Sectoral Contribution to GDP and GDP growth rate
3.2: Pricing trends-inflation and interest rates
3.3: Consumption, saving, and investment trends
3.4: International trade and its contribution to GDP
4. Jordan Economic and Business Risk Analysis
4.1: Risk in current account balance
4.2: Terms of trade of Jordan
4.3: Risk in balance of payment (BOP)
4.4: Risk in external sector
4.4.1: External debt and default risk
4.4.2: Risk in foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
4.5: Credit rating of countries
5. Jordan’s Social Analysis
5.1: Social and demographic analysis
5.2: Labor market
5.3: Social development index
6. Jordan’s R&D and Technological Factors
6.1: R&D expenditure in Jordan
6.2: Impact of technology in industry
6.3: Technology policy
7. Jordan’s Legal Analysis
7.1: Company law
7.2: Labor law
7.3: Tax law
7.4: Recent economic policies
7.5: Doing business in Jordan 2012
8. Jordan’s Environmental Analysis
8.1: Environment Policy
9. SWOT Analysis of Jordan
List of Figures
Chapter 3. Jordan’s Economic Analysis
Figure 3.1: Global economic Scenario
Figure 3.2: Trend of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.3: Forecast of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.4: Trend of per capita income
Figure 3.5: GDP Sectoral contribution
Figure 3.6: Share of different sectors to GDP
Figure 3.7: Trend of leading industries of Jordan
Figure 3.8: Annual trend of inflation and interest rate
Figure 3.9: Trend of savings and investments as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.10: Trend of consumption expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.11: Jordan’s international trade structure
Figure 3.12: Exports and imports as percentage of GDP
Chapter 4. Jordan Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Figure 4.1: Trend of current account balance and percentage of GDP
Figure 4.2: Terms of trade of Jordan
Figure 4.3: Trend of balance of payment
Figure 4.4: Trend of gross government debt as percentage of GDP
Figure 4.5: Trend of gross government debt
Figure 4.6: Trend of foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
Chapter 5. Jordan’s Social Analysis
Figure 5.1: Political map of Jordan
Figure 5.2: Trend of population in Jordan
Figure 5.3: Population age structure
Figure 5.4: Trend of unemployment rate in Jordan
Chapter 6. Jordan’s R&D and Technological Factors
Figure 6.1: Trend of R&D expenditure in Jordan
List of Tables
Chapter 1. Executive Summary
Table 1.1: Factors affecting business in Jordan
Chapter 2. Jordan’s Political Analysis
Table 2.1: Political factors and its impact on business
Chapter 3. Jordan’s Economic Analysis
Table 3.1: Economic factors and its impact on business
Chapter 4. Jordan Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Table 4.1: Credit rating of countries by Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P
Chapter 5. Jordan’s Social Analysis
Table 5.1: Population age structure of Jordan
Table 5.2: Corruption, GINI, homicide and human development index
Table 5.3: Social factors and its impact on business
Chapter 6. Jordan’s R&D and Technological Factors
Table 6.1: Technological factor and its impact on business
Chapter 7. Jordan’s Legal Analysis
Table 7.1: Tax rates in Jordan, 2012
Table 7.2: Indicators for starting business
Table 7.3: Ranking for procedures of starting business
Table 7.4: Legal factors and its impact on business
Chapter 8. Jordan’s Environmental Analysis
Table 8.1: Environmental factors and its impact on business