Investment and Business in Jordan to Create Employment: Opportunities and Challenges

This paper lays out the investment and business regulations in Jordan, and highlight the gaps between regulation and practice. The report is based on desk research and interviews with international organisations, lawyers, business owners from Amman, Zarqa, and Irbid, and government officials from the Jordanian Investment Commission, and the Ministries of Labour, Investment and Trade, and Planning. The policy recommendations strive to contribute to Jordan’s strategy for increasing investment and business, with the ultimate goal of creating employment for Jordanians, Syrians and migrant labour.