A recently launched roadmap for the development of Jordan’s ICT sector aims to attract capital inflows on the back of recent government moves to reduce the tax burden on companies operating in the industry.
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Articles & Analysis | Jordan's legal reforms aim to streamline business and encourage public-private partnerships from The Report: Jordan 2016
INVESTMENT LAW: The Investment Law No. 30 of 2014 (the Investment Law) sets out the legal framework to enhance, support and incentivise investments in Jordan. It also aims to unify legislation pertaining to investments in general, regardless of whether such investments are in development zones, free...
Articles & Analysis | Jordan's tax framework prioritises both local businesses and foreign investment from The Report: Jordan 2016
Over the past decade, Jordan’s business environment has experienced significant and rapid changes in terms of both its complexity and competitiveness in global markets. Increased demand for qualified labour, coupled with growing international competition for resources, have forced Jordanian businesses to remain flexible and become more...
Articles & Analysis | Jordan works to improve education for both its citizens and Syrian refugees from The Report: Jordan 2016
The education sector has been one of the cornerstones of Jordan’s development and the country has spent many years pursuing reforms to prepare the foundations of a knowledge economy. With a diverse mixture of state and private providers offering teaching from kindergarten through to higher education, the kingdom also has a number of...
Articles & Analysis | Jordan's health care sector is adapting to influx of Syrian refugees from The Report: Jordan 2016
With a long history of advanced surgery, a well established medical tourism industry and more than 60 private hospitals and clinics, the health care sector in Jordan has long been regarded as a regional example of excellence. For many years, the kingdom has been more advanced than most other countries in the Middle East by many international...
Articles & Analysis | Jordan's ICT sector to benefit from new government roadmap and expansion of 4G LTE from The Report: Jordan 2016
Technological transformation and supportive state policies have led to 15 years of rapid growth in the kingdom’s ICT sector, now among the largest in its economy. Liberalisation in the 1990s and early 2000s made its telecoms industry one of the most open in the MENA region, but in recent years both telecoms and IT growth have suffered as a...