Jordan : 2004 Article IV Consultation and Second Review under the Stand-By Arrangement-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Jordan

The staff report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation on Jordan highlights economic developments and policies. General sales tax collections increased strongly boosted by high import growth and improved revenue administration. The government has embarked on a substantial improvement of the education...

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Corporate Author:	International Monetary Fund
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004
Series:	IMF Staff Country Reports ; Country Report No. 04/122 IMF eLibrary
Subjects:	Article IV consultations Balance of payments Bilateral creditors Bilateral debt Bilateral donor Bilateral donors Budget deficit Budget revenues Budgetary central government Capital expenditure Central bank Central banks Central government budget Central government fiscal Central government spending Commercial debt Current account balance Current account surplus Current account Debt burden Debt dynamics Debt management Debt market Debt obligations Debt portfolio Debt ratio Debt reduction Debt rescheduling Debt restructuring operations Debt restructuring Debt service payments Debt service Debt stock Debt sustainability analysis Debt sustainability Debt-management strategy Domestic currency Domestic debt market Domestic debt Domestic financing Economic conditions Expenditure cuts External borrowing External borrowings External debt burden External debt indicators External debt service External debt External financing External indebtedness External liabilities External loans External payment External public debt External shocks Fiscal adjustment effort Fiscal adjustment Fiscal balance Fiscal consolidation efforts Fiscal consolidation Fiscal coordination Fiscal data Fiscal deficit target Fiscal deficit Fiscal developments Fiscal expert Fiscal funding Fiscal measures Fiscal operations Fiscal outturn Fiscal policy Fiscal program Fiscal stimulus Fiscal strategy Fiscal sustainability Foreign debt Foreign debts Foreign loans General budget General resources account Government budget Government debt Government expenditure Government fiscal deficit Government revenue Government spending Long-term debt Long-term external debt Medium term fiscal strategy Medium-term fiscal strategy Multilateral creditors Net debt Official creditors Payment arrears Private credit Public and publicly guaranteed debt Public and publicly guaranteed Public debt management Public debt Public expenditure Public external debt Public sector debt Public spending Quality of government expenditure Reforms of tax administration Repayments Repurchases Revenue collection Short-term debt Spending cuts Staff Reports Stand-by arrangement reviews Tax administration Tax base Tax bases Tax collection Tax effort Tax efforts Tax evasion Tax policy Tax rates Tax reform Tax revenue Tax revenues Tax system Taxpayer office Jordan