JORDAN’S SLOW PROGRESS TOWARDS CLEAN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT
August 1st, 2006
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Amman
CORRUPTION in Jordan is on the decline but cronyism and bribery are still widespread. An anti-corruption law is pending in government, and the monarchy has called for the implementation of an anti-money laundering law, a financial disclosure law and an anti-corruption commission. But unless wages are increased across the board for low and medium level bureaucrats, bribery is likely to remain. Paul Cochrane reports from Amman.
JORDAN has put economic and political reform at the top of its to-do list to try and drag the country out of ...
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