Jordan Times
Tuesday, November 10, 1998
'World Bank supports Jordan's efforts to realise higher growth rates'
AMMAN (Petra) — A senior World Bank official Monday said the institution supports the government's efforts to create an appropriate climate to attain higher and sustainable economic growth rates.
Kamal Darwish, executive director of the World Bank's Near East and North Africa Department, made the statement at a meeting with Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh to review cooperation between the Kingdom and the bank.
Tarawneh said the government is seeking to attain higher economic growth rates to create more opportunities for Jordanian job seekers.
The government is keen on pursuing an economic reform programme and giving the private sector more chances to contribute to the development process through investment, the premier said.
Tarawneh thanked the World Bank for contributing to Jordan's economic reform by financing projects connected with restructuring the country's economic sectors and programmes for further social production.
Darwish said the World Bank appreciates the efforts of His Majesty King Hussein and HRH Crown Prince Hassan, the Regent, towards the achievement of a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, which he said would reflect very positively on the development process in the region's countries in general and Jordan in particular.
Darwish said meetings between officials from Jordan and the World Bank enhance coordination and promote closer cooperation.
Present at the meeting with Darwish and his accompanying delegation were the ministers of social development, industry and trade, planning and finance as well as the governor of the Central Bank of Jordan.