VOL. XXXIX

No. 16

15-January-1996

JORDAN

Jordanian Budget Foresees Foreign Aid Of JD155Mn

The Jordanian budget, passed by parliament on 4 January, is in broad terms unchanged to last year's in that current revenues are nominally set to exceed current expenditures by a comfortable margin but revenues are dependent on a sizeable chunk of foreign aid to cover expenditures. Current revenues, which are set to increase by 9%, have to do without the considerable contribution of Jordan...