Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
In the OIC Member Countries
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The government also took steps to improve governance. compares five key
governance indicators in Jordan to the average for the MENA region in 2012. These
Worldwide Governance Indicators are based on data reflecting local perceptions of
various aspects of governance, gathered through surveys and other assessments by survey
institutes, think tanks,
NGOs, international
organizations, and
private firms. The voice
and accountability
indictor is meant to
capture perceptions
about whether a
country’s citizens can
participate freely in
public discourse and
participate in choosing
their government. The
rule of law indicator
reflects perceptions of
whether society’s rules
are applied equally and
whether property rights and individuals’ rights are protected by courts and the police. The
regulatory quality indicator has to do with perceptions that the government can
implement sound policies that promote private sector development. Government
effectiveness relates to perceptions about the government’s ability to deliver public
services and formulate and execute sound policies. Fiduciary stewardship captures
FIGURE 62: GROSS PRODUCTION INDICES IN JORDAN
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO 2014).
FIGURE 63: FIVE KEY MEASURES OF GOVERNANCE IN JORDAN AND
THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 2012
Source: Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank 2014i).