The annual report summarizes and evaluates the humanitarian and developmental assistance of the UNICEF Jordan Country Office (JCO) in 2012. The report also includes evaluation of the ongoing projects such as providing humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in camps and host communities;; establishing foster care programme for children deprived of parental care;; and supporting advocacy work on children’s rights to education and women empowerment. The analysis of the report is based on the progress and assessment of the JCO’s projects in partnership with other organizations in relevant fields. In the report;; the limited capacity and number of social workers and lack of technical support from the government in budgeting and social policy reforms are identified as major obstacles.

تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تحديد حجم العرض والطلب المتوقع من خدمات التدريب المهني والتعليم التقني في الأردن في وظائف تكنولوجيا الاتصالات والمعلومات للمستويات خلال الأعوام (20113-2015);; إضافة إلى التعرف على دور التدريب المهني والتعليم التقني في تلبية الطلب على العمالة حسب الجنس والمحافظة والتخصص المهني والمستوى في وظائف تكنولوجيا الاتصالات والمعلومات;; وتحديد احتياجات القطاعات الاقتصادية المختلفة من وظائف تكنولوجيا الاتصالات والمعلومات ووضع التوصيات اللازمة واقتراح السياسات والبرامج اللازمة لتطوير القطاع وتمكينة من خلق فرص عمل جديدة للشباب الأردني.

The assessment report is a final product of the Asia and Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices project (AMEG);; which is designed to support USAID missions in developing effective and efficient economic growth programs that address technical and strategic challenges. The report provides an introduction to Jordan's macroeconomic performance and structure and examines the field assessment's key lines of inquiry such as fiscal environment;; taxation;; customs and trade facilitation;; the energy sector;; policy analysis and political economic environment. It identifies the structure and performance of each inquiry and adds policy;; administrative;; and institutional environment;; and its challenges and opportunities.The report's concluding section outlines key challenges and opportunities;; and offers recommendations. Some of the findings include Jordan's lack of robust forum for soliciting and integrating input on economic policy issues from key stakeholders or the wider public and lack of institutional capacity to develop macroeconomic models. The report suggests facilitating national dialogue and consensus building on economic policy issues and building capacity to integrate stakeholder input.

The Arab World faces extraordinary challenges. In a region with the world's highest youth unemployment rate;; millions are frustrated by their job prospects – a frustration born of education that often leaves them unprepared for the marketplace. This report shows that the private sector can be a powerful force for positive change by complementing public efforts to ensure that the region's youth gain the right skills for the jobs being created.

This report consists of eight chapters and aims to summarise the key concepts of human development. It introduces the Human Development Index;; provides an overview of Jordan's human development achievements;; examines the regional vulnerability context that has constrained Jordan's options in its pursuit of social and economic development;; provides a platform for the poor to express their views and perceptions in relation to their poverty status;; reviews the policies;; institutions and processes that affect the poor;; examines the government's attempts to stimulate entrepreneurialism;; promotes the application of a rights-based approach;; in which all citizen are equally empowered and have the capacity and the appropriate enabling environment that allows them to claim their entitlements according to law. Finally;; the study examines the various reform initiatives in progress and assesses the extent to which Jordan is committed to the process.

يبرز تقرير حالة سكان العالم 2013;; الصادر عن صندوق الأمم المتحدة للسكان;; التحديات الرئيسية المتعلقة بحمل المراهقات وآثاره الخطيرة على تعليم الفتاة;; وصحتها;; وفرصها في العمل في الأجل الطويل. ويبين التقرير أيضا ما يمكن القيام به من أجل الحد من هذا الاتجاه وحماية حقوق الإنسان الخاصة بالفتيات ورفاهتهن.

إن هذا التقرير يحليل واقع تطبيق معايير العمل اللائق في الأردن على مستويين;; يتمثل المستوى الاول في فحص التشريعات العمالية الأردنية المتمثلة في قانون العمل الاردني وقانون الضمان الاجتماعي وغيرها من الانظمة والتعليمات والقرارت ذات العلاقة بالعمل. أما المستوى الثاني من التحليل فيتمثل في فحص واقع التطبيق الفعلي لمعايير العمل اللائق سواء كانت واردة في التشريعات الاردنية ذات العلاقة أم لا. كما قدم التقرير مجموعة من التوصيات لتحسين واقع العمل الممارس في الاردن .