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Source: https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/protests-jordan/
Economic Protests in Jordan
(BESA Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Dr. James M. Dorsey - Large numbers of middle-class Jordanian demonstrators who saw their livelihoods threatened by price and tax hikes recently took to the streets. The proposed tax hikes were in line with the terms of a three-year, $723 million dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that Jordan secured in 2016. In Jordan, the replacement this week of Prime Minister Al-Mulki failed to put an end to the protests. Protesters are no longer pacified by cosmetic changes. Without doubt, King Abdullah's willingness and ability to implement change are being put to the test.