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Mr. Gharaibeh’s research clearly discusses the foundations of decentralization and its origins in Jordan. The
well-written paper also analyzes the current organizational structure of government and possibilities for
enhancing the roles of municipalities to improve infrastructure projects and service delivery for
communities. The report also clearly lays out steps moving forward, which consist of preparing a policy
design or a white paper for the decentralization process and the formulation of the decentralization law, the
implementation regulation, the actual implementation of the reforms, and finally, the monitoring and
evaluation of the entire process.
Photo: Participants listen to a presentation at December’s Economist Roundtable Discussion, December 2010.
Activity 7: Work with the Public Debt Directorate on the Medium-Term Debt Strategy
The Component C team, headed by Dr. Khalid Al-Hmoud, in coordination with the Public Debt Directorate
(PDD), chaired by Mr. Sami Abdullah, has officially begun working with counterparts on developing the
MTDS for Jordan. On December 9, the Decision-Making Committee (DMC) met for the first time to set the
objectives and scope of the proposed MTDS. The DMC, which includes members from Central Bank of
Jordan, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, and staff members from MOF, has agreed on
the following points:
1) Objective: Abide by the Debt Management Law for the year 2001, and its amendments, and meet the
financing needs for GOJ with the least cost and acceptable levels of risk
2) Scope of MTDS: The central government
3) Ask each institution to electronically submit to Mr. Ahmad Annuz from PDD the required data
These efforts will pave the way for FRP II’s MTDS Advisors, Mr. Fernando Archondo and Mr. Sam Pal,
who will assist PDD’s efforts to formulate an explicit MTDS for the GOJ. The two advisors are expected to
start working from late January into mid-February, 2011. Once finalized, the MTDS will be the GOJ’s first
explicit strategy to manage its debt portfolio, which will contribute to better policy formulation and
execution for decision-makers.
The DMC comprises of the following team members: Mr. Sami Abdullah (Chair), Dr. Khalid Al-Hmoud,
Mr. Ahmad Annuz, Mr. Mohammad Quntar, Ms. Rawan Al-Zughol, Mr. Ahmad Hmaidat, Ms. Lana Rezeq,
Dr. Manhal Shoutar (GIZ), Mr. Mukhalad Omari (MOPIC), and Ms. Muna Abo-Romman (CBJ).
Activity 8: Advising on Jordan’s Nuclear Power Plant Project
Component C Advisor at the Projects Administration (PA) at the Prime Ministry, Mr. Ammar Jarrar, was
appointed as a member in a task force formed to assume the responsibility of hiring a financial consortium
for the Jordan Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) Project. The JNPP's consortium is expected to revise previously-
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