Cabinet mandates Planning Ministry to draw plans to stimulate economy

AMMAN — The Cabinet on Tuesday delegated the Planning and International Cooperation Ministry to formulate an executive programme and performance standards to stimulate the Jordanian economy in 2018-2022 and to add them to the executive development programmes as a top priority, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The Council of Ministers also decided to appoint the Planning Ministry, in coordination with other concerned ministries, to implement the 2018-2022 plans, which should be the basis for successive budgets, Petra reported, adding that the Cabinet endorsed the plan to stimulate the Jordanian economy earlier this month.