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Blog post
Prospectus of city growth: Rethinking planning in Amman
City administrations worldwide found themselves grappling with urban development issues that became more pressing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Greater Amman Municipality conducted a retrospective assessment effort to better understand its early response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IGC hosted a webinar examining the city’s self-assessment experience, which...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Economic impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns: An examination of recoveries in Jordan
The unemployed share of the adult population in Jordan increased from 7% to 16% during the lockdown that lasted from 18th March to 15th April 2020. The unemployment share improved to 11% by September 2020, falling short of the pre-lockdown level. Wage earnings decreased by 42% of pre-pandemic baseline levels on average during lockdown. These partially recovered after...
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Event
Amman’s COVID-19 urban response: Lessons and outlook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGsVq7B0IWA The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) host a webinar that examines the response of Amman to the spread of COVID-19 and provides academic evidence on the role of planning for urban resilience, as well as exploring challenges and opportunities for recovery. This online event brings in...
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Country
Jordan
IGC engages with national and sub-national stakeholders in Jordan for the co-generation of evidence-based policy advice in the aim of promoting inclusive growth.
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Multimedia Item - Video
Event: The economic and security implications of COVID-19 in the Middle East
On 6th May 2020, the IGC convened a panel to discuss the economic and security implications of COVID-19 in the Middle East. Panellists included Maha Yahya, Ala Qasem, Moayad Samman, and Sarah Logan.
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Multimedia Item - Video
Video: Urban management: Data lessons from Amman
Reham Bataineh, Head of Local Plans Division for the Greater Amman Municipality, discusses Amman's transition from using a manual data system to a geographical one and how it has helped evidence-based decision making in the city.
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Project
Peer-review of Jordanian local administration law
The Draft Local Administration Law for 2019 (the Draft Law) is intended to replace the Law on Decentralisation (Law No. 49 of 2015) and the Law on Municipalities (Law No. 41 of 2015). In this regard, it combines the provisions of the previous two laws with respect to governorates, municipal councils, and local councils. It also places responsibility for the Draft Law under...
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Publication - Project Report
Considerations for land value capture reform in the Greater Amman Municipality
This report discusses several policy options for improving the calculation and collection of specific land value capture instruments. Namely: Land Value Increment Taxes; Betterment Levies; Development Impact Fees and Exactions. The report focuses on the city of Amman, however, several of the policy challenges and solutions that emerge are common to many developing...
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Multimedia Item - Video
The economic and social challenges Amman faces as a fast-growing city
IGC, Columbia Global Centers - Amman, and the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) convened academic experts, policymakers, and practitioners at the event 'Amman: An engine of economic growth' to explore the economic and social challenges Amman faces as a fast-growing city, as well as the opportunities to leverage its potential as a growth pole for Jordan.
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Event
IGC - Greater Amman Municipality workshop on data in urban policy making and development levies
On the 17th of April 2019, the IGC co-hosted a workshop with the Greater Amman Municipality. The workshop explored opportunities for first step reforms in the areas of: (i) options to enhance the use of data in urban policymaking and (ii) options to improve the calculation, issuance and collection of development levies. Each theme was the subject of a half-day workshop...