JORDAN

Jordan Considers More Targeted Subsidies For Basic Items

The Jordanian government is likely to review the mechanism to subsidize electricity, water and fuel, without creating economic hardships for medium and low income bracket citizens, Jordanian Minister of Finance Umayya Tuqan has recently told businessmen in 'Amman. The minister said that the subsidies at present are going to people in high income brackets and that their redirection towards poorer groups in society would...