ABSTRACT
Jordan has one of the very few economies that was able to achieve double-digit growth rates in the second half of the 1970s. Its gross domestic product grew by more than 12% during the period 1975-1980. This growth in output was not an isolated phenomenon; development was extended to all aspects of social and economic life. Infrastructural services such as piped water, electricity, and roads were extensively improved such that they reached more than 90% of the population. Social sen/ices witnessed a similar improvement as school enrollment in the compulsory cycle became universal and as health services reached the remotest of the rural population centers.
