Counting the Cost

The state of Jordan’s economy

An exclusive interview with Jordan’s finance minister Umayya Toukan on Syrian refugees, shale gas and debt.

Can the world’s eighth-largest deposits of shale gas save Jordan’s economy from external shocks from debt to refugees?

Counting the Cost talks to Jordan’s finance minister Umayya Toukan.

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