Investigative Analysis of Global and Local Factors That Affected Sustainable Reforms in Jordan

Abstract

This article studies some of the major factors that affected the sustainability of reforms in Jordan for the period that spans from the establishment of the state of Jordan until the first decade of the rule of the new King after the death of the previous one. This period is important since it had very important and long ripple effects on the follow up years. In addition, and within this investigated period, Jordan’s aspiration had focused on benefiting from the opportunities of economic openness and global integration to become an active contributor in the global economy and society. The challenges in realizing this vision occurred mainly in the effectiveness to adapt to a continuously changing set of global economic indicators. While implementing privatization and economic globalization, it is also noticed that, since the implementation of the World Bank-influenced Stabilization and Structural Adjustment Programs in Jordan, the poverty rates had been substantially increased within short to medium runs. This article shows in depth main milestones within external and internal factors that affected political and economic reforms in Jordan throughout this important period.