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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACC ACI ASEZ CBJ CD DoS CPI DSA ECC EFF FDI FAD FSSA FSAP GDP GNI GST LOI NAF NDA NGO NPV ODA OED PC PEM PER PPM PRGF PRSP PSET QIZs ROSC SDR SBA SOE SSC S&P TA USAID VAT WTO Amman Chamber of Commerce Amman Chamber of Industry Aqaba Special Economic Zone Central Bank of Jordan Certificate of deposit Department of Statistics (Jordan) Consumer price index Debt sustainability analysis Economic Consultative Council Extended Fund Facility (IMF) Foreign direct investment Fiscal Affairs Department Financial System Stability Assessment Financial Sector Assessment Program Gross domestic product Gross national income General sales tax Letter of Intent (IMF) National Aid Fund Net domestic assets Nongovernmental organization Net present value Official Development Assistance Operation Evaluation Department (World Bank) Performance criterion Public expenditure management Public expenditure reviews Post-program monitoring Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Program for Social and Economic Transformation Qualifying Industrial Zones Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes Special drawing right (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement (IMF) State-owned enterprise Social Security Corporation Standard & Poor’s Technical assistance United States Agency for International Development Value-added tax World Trade Organization