Rent, debt, and reform: Deciphering the social protests in Jordan

La rente, la dette et la réforme: décryptage de la contestation sociale en Jordanie

Taher Labadi ()
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Taher Labadi: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IREMAM - Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans - IEP Aix-en-Provence - Sciences Po Aix - Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IFPO - Institut Français du Proche-Orient - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: In 2018, the announcement of a new income tax reform triggered protests of an unprecedented scale in Jordan. These protests challenged the state's direction on economic policy. It is now thirty years ago that reforms were introduced in order to combat public debt and to mark the advent of a new "post-rentier social contract." Through agreements with the IMF, these policies led to major economic transformations, without however reducing the country's dependence on foreign financing. They also resulted in the gradual erosion of the social safety net and the impoverishment of the population. This article proposes to introduce the terms of the debate raised by this new debt crisis.

Date: 2019
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Published in Confluences Méditerranée , 2019, N°110 (3), pp.55. ⟨10.3917/come.110.0055⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/come.110.0055

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