The Role of the Cities and Villages Development Bank of Jordan in the Development Programme

Details the findings of research into the establishment of the Cities and Villages Development Bank (CVDB) of Jordan. The structure of the bank, its objectives and its internal procedures and mechanisms for providing assistance to local authorities in identifying priorities for area development are also set out. The role of the CVDB in providing funding and technical expertise, and in project administration and budgetary control is also discussed. Describes the types of project to which the bank is intended to lend support, and the actual borrowing by local councils in the Al‐Balqa governate in 1987 and 1988.