 Jordan is a virgin market with a strong human element.

The country enjoys an educated, highly

competitive, young and skilled labor force of 1.4 million
 Advanced economic liberalization, concretized by trade agreements with the EU (association) and the
United States, as well as through its membership of the WTO in 2000
 The creation of new tax free zones based on the model of the Aqaba special economic area of (facilitated
by the recent adoption by Parliament of the “New Development Areas Law 2008”.
 Ongoing privatization of major state-owned enterprises.
 Income and social services tax exemptions for up to 10 years.
 Amenities of modern life are readily available and affordable
 High quality public and private education provided in Arabic, English, and French
 Health services in Jordan are of international standards at reasonable rates

Iraq

 Gate way to the region

 After the war, The Government of Iraq has identified over 750 investment opportunities throughout Iraq in
a variety of sectors. These include construction, manufacturing industry, agriculture, tourism, housing,
telecommunications and healthcare. Most of these are immediately available and further details can be
obtained by contacting the National Investment Commission.
 Educated, talented, and available work force
 Abundant and untapped natural resources
 Strong investment incentives, tax exemptions and guarantees offered

Building & construction, Infrastructure, Oil & Gas Agribusiness, Education.  Please briefly describe the
knowledge you have in these or other relevant sectors.  How did you acquire this knowledge?

Jordan
Building and construction
Infrastructure
Oil & Gas
Agribusiness
 Lack of water as we are an arid region with 200mm of annual rainfall
 Badia rangelands provide a significant portion of the domestically
produced forage that sustains the range livestock industry. Sale of
livestock and livestock products support an important sector of the
economy and enable many rural communities to maintain a valued and
traditional way of life. This report describes the results of a range
improvement project that included several alternative water harvest
techniques that concentrate rain-fed runoff water into a smaller area to
allow forage shrub establishment and growth in the low rainfall Tal
Rimah area of Jordan. In addition the project focused on appropriate
grazing management for sustaining increased grazing.

Opportunities for Australian companies exist in the following areas: 

 Farm management including innovative irrigation technology 

 Joint research programs with scientific institutes 
 Organic farming for the production of vegetables, medical and aromatic plants
 Aquaculture projects 
 Irrigation equipment and technology
 Training in the field of animal production and laboratory diagnosis and services 
  Abattoirs rehabilitation  

Education
 Jordan has the third lowest illiteracy rate in the Arab world
 Jordan is ranked 90 out of 177 in the Human Development Index
 Its educational system is of international standards and its secondary
education program is accepted in world-class universities.
 Women comprise a large percentage of Jordan’s higher education attendees, accounting for 66.6
percent of community college students and 44.7 percent of the university population in 1997-98.
 The educational sector has a great potential for the Australians to invest as its one of the
important demands, especially in the higher level of education as its still a problem
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