The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Jordan, 2006, By Dr. Hashim Al-Ali*

The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Jordan, 2006   -An Analytical and Planning Tool for Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty Reduction-   By Dr. Hashim Al-Ali *   Abstract This Report presents the first Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) compiled for Jordan. This Jordanian Social Accounting Matrix (JOSAM) has been constructed using 2006 Input-Output (I

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Economic Reforms in Major Arab Oil Producing Countries , By A. K. Merza *

For full text of the paper including end-of-paper tables and appendix, click PDF file. I. The background[1] Since the commencement of the production of crude oil in the thirties and forties the oil wealth has transformed the oil countries gradually from low- to middle- and some to high-income countries. In the fifties, with the profit sharing agreements the major Arab oil produ

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