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Heralding a second centennial of development
His Majesty King Abdullah is setting Jordan’s priorities for its second centennial by focusing on the continuous development and the evaluation of institutions’ performance with the goal to further improve and uphold the rule of law.The second centennial is ab ...
About the minimum wage
By Yusuf Mansur - Feb 28, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 28, 2021 22:09
The minimum wage in Jordan was recently increased from JD220 to JD260. ...
Alignment in US foreign policy
By Amer Al Sabaileh - Feb 28, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 28, 2021 22:09
This week, US President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the CIA, William Burns, received strong bipartisan support at his confirmation hearing i ...
Do not defund the BBC
By Mariana Mazzucato - Feb 28, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 28, 2021 22:08
LONDON  —  In last year’s Reith Lectures, the BBC’s annual radio series, former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney observes that ...
The digital transformation strategy Africa needs
By Project Syndicate - Feb 28, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 28, 2021 22:08
By Victor Harison and Mario PezziniADDIS ABABA/PARIS  —  Many African countries reacted quickly and effectively to mitigate the he ...
The legal required reserve is an effective monetary policy tool
By Adli Kandah - Feb 27, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 27, 2021 21:59
The Jordanian experience proved that the legal required reserve was and still is one of the effective monetary policy tools that the Central ...
The Draghi power triangle
By Melvyn Krauss - Feb 27, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 27, 2021 21:59
STANFORD  —  Mario Draghi’s first speech as Italy’s prime minister made clear that his national unity government will not only be ...
Ending the forever war in Afghanistan
By Carl Bildt - Feb 27, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 27, 2021 21:59
STOCKHOLM  —  Speaking in Kabul on the 32nd anniversary of the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country’s president ...
Pulling up the inflation anchor
By Robert J. Barro - Feb 25, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 25, 2021 20:18
CAMBRIDGE — Five decades ago, the United States’ biggest macroeconomic problem was high inflation, which averaged more than 6% in the 1970s ...
Politics, pragmatism dominate regional vaccine roll-out
By Michael Jansen - Feb 24, 2021 - Last updated at Feb 24, 2021 21:48
Cash is dominating the global distribution of life-saving COVID vaccines with rich countries commandeering the supply. ...

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