Jordan: Our exports with Iraq are increasing month after month
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Jordan's economy is starting to improve after less than a year of tough fiscal reforms needed to cut debt and crucial to spur conflict-ridden growth in the region, Prime Minister Omar al-Razaz said, adding that exports to Iraq were increasing month by month.
Before a major donor conference in London on Thursday, Al-Razzaz told Reuters his country would show its steps and commitment to implementing the IMF-supported financial and structural reforms that are crucial to stimulating the economy.
King Abdullah appointed al-Razzaz in June to quell the country's biggest protests in years after tax increases under the guidance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to slash the huge public debt.
Al-Razzaz, whose primary task was to restore confidence, pushed parliament in November to pass a new tax law as a key pillar in austerity measures to ease the financial crisis and stimulate stagnant growth that has hovered around 2 percent in recent years.
Al-Razzaz said the expanded tax base along with the cut in public spending had increased state revenues and reduced pressure on state resources struggling to curb a public debt of about $ 40 billion.
"The fundamentals of the economy are starting to improve, overall, overall financial and economic indicators are better," said Razzaz, who will lead his country's delegation to the London conference.
In a statement issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month at the end of its last mission to review a three-year program to support financial and economic reform in Jordan, the economic landscape shows "renewed momentum despite challenges."
Jordan has suffered from instability over its borders for years, partly because of the war in Iraq, Syria and the situation in the occupied West Bank.
Instability has hit the economy of a resource-poor country and has hosted more than a million Syrian refugees. The unemployment rate among Jordanians according to the Department of Statistics was 18.4 percent.
The country's fiscal consolidation plan aims to cut public debt to 77 percent of GDP by 2021 from 95 percent now.
"We took the bitter medicine that was needed, and Jordan did everything in its financial capacity to allow for growth," said Razzaz. The burden now rests with the international donor community to push the country "to achieve sustainable growth," he said.
Jordan had been in discussions with major donors and the World Bank for loans, grants and guarantees on concessional terms to repay outstanding debt-servicing debt, which was pressing the $ 13 billion budget.
"All this makes the religion of Jordan possible and we can reduce it further."
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also called on the London conference to provide budget grants and soft funds that are strongly needed to support Jordan's reforms and its huge financial needs, which have been fueled by the shelter of many Syrian refugees.
The economy is expected to recover in the next five years and achieve growth of more than 3 percent expected this year, supported by increased exports and the reopening of border crossings with Syria and Iraq.
Analysts and credit agencies say the economy draws support from Western donors and geopolitical factors that ease economic and political pressure on the country.
Al-Razaz said there were already signs of rising exports as the kingdom regained lost markets during the years of conflict on its borders.
"Even our export figures are now showing up, month after month, especially with Iraq," he said.
The country's political stability and macroeconomic fundamentals have allowed it to escape relatively unscathed from the turmoil that has spread throughout the region in recent years.
"Jordan has proven its ability to withstand external shocks and to survive and even seize them at a time when it hosts refugees, and has done so properly," said Razzaz.
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