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The Middle East
Taxing Times in Jordan

Under increasing pressure from regional wars and more than a million refugees, Jordan is ratcheting up taxes on ordinary citizens to bridge the budget gap.

Published on: April 19, 2017
David Schenker is director of the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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