Achieving Sustainable Development in Jordan

This Country Environmental Analysis
(CEA) has been developed by the World Bank in cooperation
with the Government of Jordan. It aims to integrate
environment into development and poverty reduction
priorities. The CEA will be a vital instrument for designing
Jordans future policies, by integrating the economic policy
tools in our decision making processes. As the latest
economic crises and its implications have shown, an economic
model that is based on consumption alone cannot be
sustained; accordingly many countries identified the need to
green their economics as the base for sustainable growth and
development. Jordans green economic initiative will enhance
social integration, economic growth an environmental
sustainability within one focused, measured and stable
economic plan. Jordan is a small country that is rich in
human capital; the green journey will be a twenty years
program to retrofit our infrastructure, to become energy,
water and resource efficient. The recommendations identified
in this document will be the main drivers for the
environmental policies in the country. The issue of adequate
incentives for better quantity management clearly remains
important, but is not addressed in this report. After the
national agenda was established, it appears that the
reduction of water related subsidies and the creation of
incentives for allocating water to higher value added uses
are being recognized as necessities that public policies
will address in the future.