Jordan’s economic woes pile pressure on new PM
With Jordan still suffering from a deep economic crisis, Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz will have to pay attention to the needs of disgruntled Jordanians while attempting to balance the country’s budget.
Dissolving governments and appointing new prime ministers, has been Jordan‘s way of dealing with its economic crisis.
After protests in June, Omar al-Razzaz became the country’s seventh prime minister, in seven years.
The Harvard-educated economist is seen as a reformer, but he has inherited deep structural problems and needs to deliver to a public impatient for change.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Amman.
Published On 1 Aug 2018