The impacts of Syrian crisis on the Jordanian economy Laith ALRahahleh Project Coordinator
Area : 90,000 Km 2 9.8 inhabitants Ranked 32 in Quality of Education Youth 60% 9.5% of expenditure on education Free Trade Agreements, and development zones, with very attractive tax incentives One of the safest country in the region (31th) 47 in the availability of innovations Cisco, HP, Orange, Yahoo etc. Favourable medical destination (250,000 patients)
Economic Indicators GDP and its Growth 30 000,00 25 000,00 5,5 +38% 6 5 20 000,00 15 000,00 10 000,00 2,3 2,6 2,7 2,8 3,1 2,4 2 4 3 2 5 000,00 1 0,00 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 GDP Growth in GDP % GDP- trend Source: Central Bank of Jordan CBJ, Annual Report 2016 0
million 10 8 6 4 Number of tourists and unemployment rate 15,3 12,5 12,9 12,6 13 12,2 11,9 18 40% 20 15 10 2 5 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Number of arrivals Unemployment rate Arrivals- trend Source: Central Bank of Jordan CBJ, Annual Report 2016 0
Trade flow between Jordan and EU Country Export (M EU) % of total EU27 Import (M EU) % of total EU27 Finland 336,232 < 1 (336,000) 34,935,878 < 1 (35,000,000) Sweden 4,929,925 1.4 65,285,559 1.59 Netherland 46,153,053 12.9 497,258,559 12.09 Denmark 2,329,607 0.65 57,193,995 1.39 France 12,698,995 3.56 260,687,566 6.34 Germany 22,978,098 6.44 749,233,579 18.21 UK 55,886,342 15.65 390, 741, 364 9.5 Total EU27 357,057,889 4,114,125,167 Source: Ministry of Industry, Trade and supply 2017
Syrian Crisis globally
Current situation in Jordan 657,628 officially registered, 89 refugees per 10,000 inhabitants, 80% below poverty line, 51% children, 4% elderly people, 20,000 suffer disabilities, 50,000 under serious medical conditions The cost of hosting more than 10 billions US$
Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment CVA Done by the Ministry of planning and International corporation and JRPSC secretariat The objective is to measure the impacts of Syrian crisis on key public sectors and their capacity to cope with the additional demand
WASH Jordan is one of the poorest country in the world in term of water availability (less than 100 m 3 per person) The situation aggravated dramatically after the Syrian Crisis, for instance, The provision of water regularly interrupt across the northern areas 20% increase in water demand and 40% in the north 27% decrease in the per capita daily consumption (60 liters/day/capita) 15 % of Syrian families are sharing bathing facilities with three or more than families
Billion, $ Jordan Response Plan Jordan Response Plans It is set of bold intiatives and measures to enable the Jo. Gov. to provide the basic needs for Syrians and enhance the resilience for the hosting communities 3 500 000 000 3 000 000 000 2 500 000 000 2 000 000 000 1 500 000 000 1 000 000 000 33% 54% 500 000 000 0 JRP2015 JRP2016-2018 JRP2017-2019 Direct budget Recilience response Refugees response
Achievements During 2015/2016, 145,458 have enrolled public schools During 2016/2017, 170,000 students (+12% increase) 5724 teachers were emloyed in double and single shift schools MoE has launched a Catch-up programe for children from 9-12 year 521 consellors have been provided
Achievements Introduce iris-scanning biometrics technology Nowadays, 93% of registered refugees are proceeded by using the biometric technology 4000 refugees a day (the highest) Cash assistnace to more than 30,000 Syrian refugees and 2800 Iraqi 2017 Now I don t have to worry if I forgot my card at home or if I misplaced it Noor 48 year-old
Achievements Jordan is the home of the first refugees camp generated by Solar panels Total capacity 12.9 MW capacity, provide energy for 80,000 refugees Increase the supply of electrcity from 8 to 14 hours a day The plant helps UNHCR to save on average around 6 million US$ in electricity bills now I will be able to do the laundry during the day, rather than at night when it doesn t dry and we get sick from wearing wet clothes. Ilham 41- year old
Simplification of the rules of origin with the EU 2016-2026
out of all the countries in the world that need help, why give special attention to Jordan? Because Jordan is not a poor country that takes, it is a country that gives, and gives abundantly. Imagine the impact had Jordan been different. Had we not let in refugees into our country over the past decades? What would the impact on the region and world peace and security have been now?. His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn AL Hussein London Donors Conference 4.2.2016
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