Jordan Times
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Ministry creates new
departments to address poverty
AMMAN (Petra) — Minister of Social Development Suleiman Tarawneh said the
committee formed recently by Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit to implement His
Majesty King Abdullah’s directives to address poverty and unemployment will
announce its findings shortly. Meanwhile, Tarawneh said that new departments
would be created at the ministry including a poverty department, social
solidarity unit, among others.