Etudes par pays volume 2, PDF, 346 p., 1,4 Mo - Femise
Etudes par pays volume 2, PDF, 346 p., 1,4 Mo - Femise Etudes par pays volume 2, PDF, 346 p., 1,4 Mo - Femise
11873_2002 Study D2: Poverty, Informal Sector, Health and Labour Exports: $21663million. Exports - commodities: phosphates, fertilizers, potash, agricultural products, manufactured goods, pharmaceuticals, and textiles. Exports - partners: Iraq 19.9%, US 18.8%, India 10.5%. Imports: $4974.1 million. Imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, food, live animals, manufactured goods Imports - partners: Iraq 15.5, Germany 9.2%, US 7.2%, China 6.6. Debt - external: $7544.1 million. 1.3. Geography Area: 89,300 sq km, Neighbors: Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, West Bank. Coastline: 26 km. Climate: Mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April). Terrain: Mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River. Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m. FONDAZIONE CENSIS Highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m. Natural resources: Phosphates, potash, shale oil. Land use: arable land: 2.87%; permanent crops: 1.52%; other: 95.61% (1998 est.) Natural hazards: droughts; periodic earthquakes. Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification. 79
11873_2002 Study D2: Poverty, Informal Sector, Health and Labour Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands. Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements 1.4. Key Issues The main problems facing Jordan at present are: - Regional instability - External debts - Oil supplies - High unemployment - Rising poverty - High levels of migration into the cities - Inadequate health and social services - Low participation of women in the workforce - Inadequate business and entrepreneurial skills FONDAZIONE CENSIS 80
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11873_2002 Study D2: Poverty, Informal Sector, Health and Labour<br />
Exports: $21663million.<br />
Exports - commodities: phosphates, fertilizers, potash, agricultural<br />
products, manufactured goods, pharmaceuticals, and textiles.<br />
Exports - <strong>par</strong>tners: Iraq 19.9%, US 18.8%, India 10.5%.<br />
Imports: $4974.1 million. Imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery,<br />
transport equipment, food, live animals, manufactured goods<br />
Imports - <strong>par</strong>tners: Iraq 15.5, Germany 9.2%, US 7.2%, China 6.6.<br />
Debt - external: $7544.1 million.<br />
1.3. Geography<br />
Area: 89,300 sq km, Neighbors: Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, West<br />
Bank.<br />
Coastline: 26 km.<br />
Climate: <strong>Mo</strong>stly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April).<br />
Terrain: <strong>Mo</strong>stly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift<br />
Valley se<strong>par</strong>ates East and West Banks of the Jordan River.<br />
Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m.<br />
FONDAZIONE CENSIS<br />
Highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m.<br />
Natural resources: Phosphates, potash, shale oil.<br />
Land use: arable land: 2.87%; permanent crops: 1.52%; other: 95.61% (1998<br />
est.)<br />
Natural hazards: droughts; periodic earthquakes.<br />
Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources;<br />
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification.<br />
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