Les formats HTML, PDF et ePub de cet ouvrage sont accessibles aux usagers des bibliothèques et institutions qui l'ont acquis dans le cadre de l'offre OpenEdition Freemium for Books. L'ouvrage pourra également être acheté sur les sites de nos libraires partenaires, aux formats PDF et ePub. Si l’édition papier est disponible, des liens vers les librairies sont également proposés sur cette page.

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 an emerging country. With a GDP per capita of $ 4,326 in 2011 (International Monetary Fund) compared to $ 2,596 in 2006, its social indicators are favourable: population growth is under control at 2.3%, the number of poor is reducing (13.3% in 2008 down from 21.3% in 1997) and the unemployment rate is 13.5% (but over 25% for youth). Unemployment is structural in Jordan; it is linked to the development of an economy of welfare dependency and to the importing of 250,000 Egyptian and Asian workers wh...

Atlas of Jordan

History, Territories and Society