In
Jordan, the process of regional planning and its role in municipal development
should be implemented as guidelines for effective policy application. It is of
the essence to maximize the balanced distribution of fiscal growth, create job
opportunities, optimize the allocation of essential human resources, and
mitigate the significant challenge of urbanization.
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In
face of these challenges, infrastructure investment planning is recognized as
the best way to address these difficulties, among others.
There
is a need to guarantee long-term economic and social progress, and restructure
institutional potentials to address the Kingdom’s new difficulties and
developments, particularly in terms of the decentralization movement. Still,
rural and urban populations are disadvantaged and should be included in the
economic process. This is why municipalities need to embrace competitiveness.
A competitive city successfully enables its businesses to create jobs, increase production, and gradually raise resident wages. Eliminating severe poverty and promoting economic stability can both be accomplished by increasing the competitiveness of cities around the world.
A
competitive city successfully enables its businesses to create jobs, increase
production, and gradually raise resident wages. Eliminating severe poverty and
promoting economic stability can both be accomplished by increasing the
competitiveness of cities around the world. Three-quarters of the 750 largest
cities in the world have grown faster than their national economies since the
early 2000s.
What
would this mean at a local level?Well,
Zarqa and Mafraq, two of Jordan's most important industrial cities, lag behind
other cities, such as Gaziantep in Turkey (a city that is comparable to both),
which has made tremendous strides in economic growth.
Let
us take a dive into history — despite its lack of high-tech clusters, natural
resources, and arid terrain, Gaziantep's companies that have engaged in light
manufacturing export their products to 175 other nations. Exports climbed from
$620 million in 2002 to $6.2 billion in 2013. Its economic growth from 1999 to
2009 ranked sixth globally. Its average annual GDP growth from 2005 to 2012 was
6.3 percent, while its annualized job growth was 3.6 percent.
In
contrast, Zarqa and Mafraq's income from exports in 2012 was $722.6 million,
compared to $580.4 million in 2011 and $512.4 million in 2010.
This
comparison shows the gap between Zarqa and Mafraq’s income compared with
Gaziantep city, the expansion of private-sector companies has been responsible
for approximately 75 percent of employment growth. Municipal officials must
therefore comprehend the factors involved in the development, upkeep, and
recruitment of the private sector.
To improve their competitiveness, municipalities need to focus on converting strategy into actual action by budgeting strategically as part of multilevel governance work and increasing responsibility to ensure excellent municipal work.
To
improve their competitiveness, municipalities need to focus on converting
strategy into actual action by budgeting strategically as part of multilevel
governance work and increasing responsibility to ensure excellent municipal
work. Municipalities can also enhance their efficiency by developing a specific
method for increasing responsibility to ensure excellent municipal work.
Increasing
the participation of local administration entities in policymaking and
development processes has the potential to spur socioeconomic growth and
overcome significant development obstacles, especially given the availability
of mineral resources such as glass sand, phosphate, construction materials, and
oil shale. Additionally, the proximity to internationally significant cultural
and natural heritage tourism sites with the potential for hiking and other
tourist sports, the sustainable pursuit of rain-fed agriculture and flash flood
areas in the southern and eastern deserts, and necessary changes to
manufacturing company regulations and conditions for small and medium-sized
businesses all contribute to the potential for growth in local economies.
There
is not one-size-fits-all formula to build a competing municipality, but some
general rules can be recognized and an approach can be offered to
municipalities in creating and executing an economical strategic framework.
Municipalities
at all economic levels, with varying manufacturing and political changes, have
figured out ways to create more jobs, improve revenues, and improve growth,
thereby enriching their residents. Their route is determined by their beginning
position, size, resources, socioeconomic purpose, economic model, and
supporting organizational goals.
To
achieve, this growth, a comprehensive study of the local economy and external
market trends and possibilities, public-private engagement, and approaches for
harnessing politics and economics during execution are among the available
tools.
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