What is the impact of Saudi Arabia’s aid to Jordan?

Saudi Arabia’s additional $1 billion in aid to Jordan will help to avert a short-term fiscal crisis in the resource-poor country. But we are more concerned that this aid will lead to government complacency in terms of necessary economic reforms.

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