Jordan – Reforms to accelerate economic recovery ‘more important than ever before’ — Planning Ministry

Jordan – Reforms to accelerate economic recovery ‘more important than ever before’ — Planning Ministry

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN — Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation Marwan Al Rifai met with representatives of the international community on Wednesday during the Technical Donors Meeting on the updated Reform Matrix. Representatives included donors and officials from embassies and international financing institutions, such as the World Bank and the European Bank for Construction and Development, according to a ministry statement. The main objective of the meeting was to present the updated Reform Matrix. The main features of the mid-term review were led by the Reform Secretariat at the Planning Ministry, which included climate change and environmental mainstreaming across the Reform Matrix, and linkages to the Government Priorities Programme. Rifai commended the donors' support in implementing many of the reforms within the Reform Matrix that have been achieved through the Reform Support Fund. He stressed that the Reform Matrix, launched at the Jordan Growth and Opportunity – The London Initiative, which took place in London in February 2019, is more important and relevant than ever. This is largely due to the impacts of the pandemic, which fuelled the need to expedite the reform process. The Reform Matrix is the leading source for many international and