Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword, Prólogo, Avant-propos -- Executive Summary, Résumen, Résumé Analytique -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Jordan's Socioeconomic Development -- Geopolitical Situation -- Economic Developments in the 1990s -- Poverty and Social Conditions -- External Debt and Assistance -- 2 Development Priorities and Constraints -- Accelerating Broadly Shared Economic Growth to Reduce Poverty: A Top Priority -- Large and Inefficient Government Expenditures -- Water is Scarce and Inefficiently Used -- Human Capital Development: A Parallel Priority to Growth -- 3 World Bank Services and Products -- Nonlending Assistance -- Lending -- Efficiency of World Bank Assistance -- 4 The Development Effectiveness of World Bank Assistance -- Macroeconomic Stabilization and Growth -- Private and Financial Sector Development and Privatization -- Poverty Reduction, Human Development, and Progress toward the MDGs -- Water Resource Management -- Sustainability and Institutional Development -- 5 Contributors' Performance -- World Bank Performance -- Borrower Performance -- Aid Partner Performance Issues -- 6 Islamic Development Bank Assistance to Jordan -- IDB Assistance Strategy for Jordan -- Overview of IDB Operations in Jordan, 1976-02 -- Project Post-evaluation in Jordan -- 7 Islamic Development Bank Sector Analysis -- Overview -- Industry and Mining -- Public Utilities -- Social Services -- 8 Conclusions, Recommendations, and Lessons -- World Bank Findings -- Islamic Development Bank Findings -- Annexes -- The World Bank -- A: Jordan at a Glance -- B: Key Background Data -- C: External Assistance to Jordan and Comparator Countries -- D: Selected Economic and Sector Work for Jordan -- E: OED and QAG Ratings for Jordan and Comparator Countries -- F: Cost of World Bank's Programs for Jordan and Comparator Countries.

G: Jordan: World Bank's Senior Management, 1991-01 -- H: Guide to OED's Country Assistance Evaluation Methodology -- I: List of People Met on Mission in Jordan and Saudi Arabia (Islamic Development Bank) and World Bank and International Monet -- J: List of Water Measures and Policy Reforms Undertaken by the Government of Jordan and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation to Enhance the Water Sector and Ensure Financial Viability in Accordance with the Ministry Plans and Donors' Requirements -- K: Comments from the Government of Jordan -- L: Management Action Record -- The Islamic Development Bank -- M: IDB List of Organizations and Individuals Met -- N: Summary of IDB Project Portfolio for Ordinary Operations in Jordan -- O: Summary of IDB Post-Evaluated Projects in Jordan, 1991-02 -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Boxes -- 3.1: World Bank Strategies -- 4.1: Jordan: Millennium Development Goals -- 4.2: Jordan's Water Strategy and Policies -- Figures -- 1.1: Gross Primary Enrollment -- 1.2: Illiteracy -- 1.3: Infant Mortality -- 2.1: Jordan: Government Expenditures Composition as Percentage of GDP -- 3.1: World Bank Commitments, Net Disbursements, and Net Transfers -- 4.1: Public and Private Investment -- 4.2: Real GDP and Per Capita GDP -- 6.1: Sectoral Distribution of IDB Approved Projects, 1976-02 -- 6.2: IDB Projects Approved by Mode of Financing, 1976-02 -- 6.3: Current Status of IDB Project Portfolio for Jordan by end-2002 -- Tables -- 1.1: Poverty Trends in Jordan, 1987-01 -- 1.2: Selected Human Development Indicators in Jordan and Comparator Countries -- 1.3: Jordan: Net Receipts of External Financial Resources, 1990-99 -- 3.1: Sectoral Distribution of World Bank Commitments, FY62-01 -- 3.2: OED Evaluation Findings of Recently Evaluated Projects, Exit FY90s -- 6.1: Proposed and Actual Realization of CASS Three-Year Work Program, 1995-97.

6.2: Total Approvals by the IDB for Jordan, 1976-02 -- 6.3: Sectoral Distribution of IDB Approved Projects, 1976-02 -- 6.4: IDB Projects Approved by Mode of Financing, 1976-02 -- 6.5: Current Status of IDB Project Portfolio for Jordan by end-2002 -- 6.6: Overall IDB Disbursement Profile for Jordan as of December 31, 2002 -- 6.7: Projects Cofinanced by the IDB with the World Bank and Other International Financing Institutions, 1976-02 -- 7.1: Projects Approved by the IDB for Jordan in the Industry and Mining Sector, 1976-02 -- 7.2: Projects Approved by the IDB for Jordan in the Water Resources Subsector, 1976-02 -- 7.3: Projects Approved by the IDB for Jordan in the Energy Subsector, 1976-02 -- 7.4: Projects Approved by the IDB for Jordan in the Education Subsector, 1976-02 -- 7.5: Projects Approved by the IDB for Jordan in the Health Subsector, 1976-02 -- 7.6: Projects Approved by the IDB for Jordan in the Microfinance Subsector, 1976-02.