Five Decades Sorry. Your browser will not be able to run the scripts on this page so go to out Home Page for your navigation. The legacy of these early programs lives on in a variety of ways. U.S.-Jordanian cooperation over the past 50 years in health, education, transport, agriculture, business development and other fields has left a lasting mark and forged professional ties between countless Jordanians and Americans. Today, almost half a century later, Jordan has emerged as a middle income country with some 4.5 million people, an educated workforce and an increasingly diverse economy.
Much work remains to be done.
Nonetheless, the progress achieved by Jordan is impressive, especially for a country that has no oil and few other natural resources. Instead, Jordan has had to rely on the creativity and skills of its people. This creativity and these skills remain as the bedrock of the Jordanian economy as it faces the challenges and opportunities of a new millennium. Early economic assistance programs focused on building schools, establishing health systems, constructing roads and irrigation works, renovating tourist sites, and training Jordanians in a variety of technical fields. With the basic infrastructure in place, the U.S.-Jordanian development partnership expanded into new areas.