1.4 Government 1.4.1 Economic Growth Over the past decade, large sums of government resources have been allocated to support the development of our private sector across a number of industries and sectors seen as engines for growth and job creation. As a result of these investments and the success of our private sector, the Jordanian economy is more diversified than many neighboring economies in the Middle East. To maintain and strengthen the diversity in our economy, it is necessary to continue to develop the export-potential of our economic sectors and activities with comparative advantages at the regional and global levels. Jordan 2025 identified a number of priority sectors for further development and promotion given their export and job creation potential. There is no doubt that Jordan has achieved high economic growth during the period 2002-2008. This growth, however, did not contribute to reducing poverty and unemployment or bridging the gap between governorates to the desired extent. This highlights the need to focus on improving social indicators rather than assuming that they go hand in hand with growth. Instead, these indicators should be directly measured and adopted as signs of development and goal achievement. Figure 17: The Sectoral Composition of GDP Market Structure of Key Sectors in Jordan GDP by Sector, 2006 221 Conseds Sai Cts \ \ simon SSR Rees sue GDP by Sector, 2018, siete Soutee: Ministry of Planning and Intemational Cooperation( MOPIC),Input-Ouspat Tables, 1.4.2 Public Sector Size and Effective Government institutions, policies and programs have played a central role in the evolution and development of Jordan as a modern nation. Jordan has been subject to waves of immigration that have contributed to population growth in a turbulent regional environment. Asa result, the responsibilities of public institutions have increased. As Government has become larger and more ‘complex, it has also become expensive to manage and sustain. At 31.3% of GDP in 2014, Jordan's public expenditure as a share of the economy is very large by international standards and needs to be reduced and made more efficient. In this context, we must build on previous efforts that have been undertaken as part of the restructuring of some public sector institutions under Law No. (17) for the year (2014) regarding the restructuring of governmental institutions and departments, under which some institutions were cancelled or merged. The creation of government department and development of organizational structures bylaw was also issued in order to create a legislative framework governing the organizational structure of the government and regulating the process of creating new institutions or preventing financial and administrative independence. Where appropriate, we should also look to the private sector to perform some basic functions currently undertaken in the public sector where they can deliver better quality services on a more sustainable financial basis while still being accountable to citizens. According to the Government Effectiveness Index, Jordan's performance has declined during the period 2002-2013 and ranked lower than comparable countries. W3g TAN