Introduction to Chapter seven

Jordan is a small country lacking in natural resources and with little useful land area. Since the 1970s the country has had a rentier economy. Its income is both direct, in the form of remittances from the hundreds of thousands of emigrants in the oil producing Gulf countries, and indirect, due to its geopolitical position as a pivotal country for peace in the Middle East, which guarantees generous international aid to ensure stability. Jordan is a developing country that aspires to become a...