VI. Develop World-Class Infrastructure
 

Status	Meaning	Count
	Achieved	7
	Never Implemented	17
	In progress/partially implemented	2

 

Recommendation 1:
Encourage private investment in Jordan's telecommunications network.
Priority Ranking:	Starting Date:
Immediate	01-Jan-00
Actors:	Completion Date:
Prime Ministry, Cabinet, JTC	30-Jun-00

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
Jordan Telecommunications Company (JTC) linked with strategic investor and privatized.

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
Procurement regulations reformulated to encourage transparency and ensure that both quality and costs are taken into account.
Benchmark 2	Status:
Build-operate-transfer and other approaches to finance and basic infrastructure introduced.
Benchmark 3	Status:
Internet service providers permitted to uplink directly through private carriers rather than having to go through the JTC.
Benchmark 4	Status:
JTC required to provide high-speed data lines to Jordan's IT companies at international competitive rates.
Benchmark 5	Status:
Telecommunications deregulated within any current or future free ports and technology parks.
Benchmark 6	Status:
Transform the free zones corporation and the industrial estates corporation into purely regulatory bodies functioning according to international best practices.
Benchmark 7	Status:
Privatize the ownership and operation of industrial estates and existing free zones.
Benchmark 8	Status:
Design and implement innovative legislation based on international best practices encouraging the private sector to develop technology incubators and technology parks.

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
Full and open competition among telecommunications providers in place.
Benchmark 2	Status:
Costs of telecommunications in Jordan compares favorably with regional and international standards.
Benchmark 3	Status:
All regions of Jordan have prompt access to quality telecommunications services.

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
Efficiency and costs at the Aqaba port meet regional and global standards.
Benchmark 2	Status:
New regional transport linkages and strategic master plan in place.
Benchmark 3	Status:
Operations of the Aqaba port leased to private operators with a clearly demonstrated capability.
Benchmark 4	Status:
Aqaba Ports Commission privatized and restructured into a maritime regulatory body that owns the ports physical assets.
Benchmark 5	Status:
All provisions of laws and regulations that give monopoly rights to any entity in the transport of passengers and freight eliminated.

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
New water infrastructure approaches involving private sector participation introduced.
Benchmark 2	Status:
Procedures for prioritizing water use based on economic return established.
Benchmark 3	Status:
Water pricing structures that encourage and reward efficiency in place.
Benchmark 4	Status:
Amount of water leakage reduced.
Benchmark 5	Status:
National campaign on water conservation and other environmental issues launched.
Benchmark 6	Status:
Water supply better protected from pollution.

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
Costs of energy in Jordan compare favorably with regional and international standards.

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
Number of computers per person in Jordan increases from 1 in every 143 to 1 in every 25.

 

Benchmark 1	Status:
Environmental quality in Jordan compares favorably with regional and international standards.