ABSTRACT
TRANSJORDAN has few economic activities, mainly because the population depends almost entirely on subsistence agriculture and nomadic pastoral pursuits. Possibilities of development are limited by scarcity of natural resources, by climatic difficulties, and by lack of capital. Communications, though ill developed, are adequate for the needs of the country in its present condition. The chief incentives to further progress in economic organization arise from the pressure of population on the land and from the position of Transjordan in relation to neighbouring countries. The former requires better control of the use of the land, which would lead to an increase in production and commerce. The latter indicates that greater provision might be made for through communications by railway as well as by road.
