Jordan

The three countries covered in this Business Forecast Report have all, to a greater or lesser degree, shrugged off the worst of the global economic slowdown. Lebanon is the real outperformer, with an estimated 7.0% growth in 2009 - one of the highest rates in the world. With the government looking stable, if not particularly dynamic so far, this positive outlook is set to continue. Jordan suffered the worst, seeing growth drop to 2.1% and a 55% drop in its stock market (from peak to trough), but there are signs of recovery. For Syria, immense growth potential is still being

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