This report was implemented by the Jordanian Ministry of Environment and is the forth national report on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It provides an overview of biodiversity status;; trends and threats in Jordan;; current status of national biodiversity strategies and action plans and finally sectorial and cross-sectorial integration of biodiversity considerations in Jordan.

The Government of Jordan adopted its first Poverty Alleviation Strategy in 2002 recognizing poverty as a key development problem requiring a comprehensive policy for improving the lives of the poor and socially excluded;; increasing their human capabilities;; providing them with economic opportunities and fully integrating them in the society. Considerable progress in poverty reduction has been achieved. The Government has put in place a series of social programs aimed at increasing employment opportunities;; curbing unemployment;; combating poverty and offering in-kind and cash assistance for the poor and marginalized groups within Jordanian society

This study comes in as a second step that follows producing the diagnostic study “The Informal economy in the Jordanian Economy” which measures the informal economy in the Jordanian economy based on the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2010This study aims to serve different goals as follows: (i) Providing a qualitative dimension to informality in Jordan;; (ii) Defining the factors that drive and motivate the informal economy;; (iii) Defining whom from the various segments of society are most affected by informality (iv) Focusing on the relation between informality and both youth and women;; (v) Testing the links and relations between informality and SMEs operation;; (vi) Showing which sectors are most affected by informality;; how and why;; (viii)Showcasing the regions in Jordan that demonstrate high rates of informality.