AMMAN —
An opinion poll launched by the Center for Strategic Studies on Wednesday
showed that about a quarter of Jordanians (27 percent), believe that things in
Jordan are moving in a positive direction, while 66 percent believe otherwise,
Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
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The poll indicated
that high prices, the high cost of living, deteriorating economic conditions in
general, high unemployment rates, and the way the government is making
decisions are reasons for citizens to believe that things are moving in a
negative direction in Jordan.
At the top of the
list of problems facing Jordan, the poll indicated, are high prices, the high
cost of living, low salaries, unemployment, poverty, and deteriorating economic
conditions in general; those polled believe that the government must address
these, and the low level of services in general, promptly.
According to the
poll, the deterioration in the level of government services in general, in
health, education, and infrastructure, particularly, is the most important
non-economic problem facing Jordan that the government must solve, with 21
percent believing that internal security challenges is the most important
non-economic problem, 8 percent believing that financial and administrative
corruption, and “wasta” are the most important non-economic problems facing
Jordan and the government, and 23 percent stating that Jordan does not face any
non-economic challenges.
According to the
poll, the vast majority of Jordanians, 95 percent, do not believe that the
economic policies and measures adopted by the government to stop the increase
in fuel prices were sufficient to improve their living conditions.
Ninety-three
percent of Jordanians believe that the government policies failed to limit
price increases, 91 percent believe that these policies failed to limit
unemployment, and 88 percent believe that they failed to reduce poverty.
The majority of
Jordanians, 86 percent, were forced to reduce family expenses during the past
12 months in order to face the living burdens and high prices, while 81
percent, Jordanians decided to postpone the purchase of expensive goods or
services, or borrowed in order to purchase some necessities, and 45 percent
resorted to a member of their family or to additional work to provide for their
families.
The poll showed
that more than half of Jordanians, 53 percent, believe the government did
nothing to deal with price hikes, and only 9 percent of Jordanians are
satisfied with the measures the government took to deal with price hikes and
fight inflation.
About a third of
Jordanians, 35 percent, agreed with the statement “The government is doing
everything in its power to provide services to citizens”, while 65 percent did
not agree with it.
In order to
get/follow up on regional and international news, 52 percent of Jordanians rely
on social media most of the time, 32 percent rely on television, and 3 percent
on news websites.
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