Poverty in Jordan stems from weak policy: expert – Roya News English

  • Date: 19-Oct-2021
  • Source: Roya News
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Jordan
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Poverty in Jordan stems from weak policy: expert – Roya News English

Ahmed Awad of the Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies said that the poverty rates announced by the Minister of Planning weeks ago indicated that a quarter of the population in Jordan suffers from poverty.

Awad added in statements to Roya that since the results of the poverty survey were released in 2017-2018, he has demanded the government to issue the exact figures for poverty, but the government has continued to announce only an aggregate.

To him, these numbers are not enough, as they do not indicate the types of poverty, such as transitional poverty and poor workers.