(Bloomberg) -- Jordanian entrepreneur Ali Mufleh has
made enough money from subcontracting work during the Iraq war
to invest in a new café. Marwan Ali Khalil Yasin, an oil-company
employee, has almost no money left at the end of the month after
paying rent and taxes, fueling his car and buying cigarettes.
Their experiences illustrate the uneven impact the conflict
in neighboring Iraq has had on Jordan's economy. Some people got
rich working as middlemen shipping goods into Iraq or selling
property to Iraqis who fled to Amman. Others, like Yasin, got
poorer, blaming war-related wealth for driving up prices of
housing and other goods in Jordan's capital.
Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News
made enough money from subcontracting work during the Iraq war
to invest in a new café. Marwan Ali Khalil Yasin, an oil-company
employee, has almost no money left at the end of the month after
paying rent and taxes, fueling his car and buying cigarettes.
Their experiences illustrate the uneven impact the conflict
in neighboring Iraq has had on Jordan's economy. Some people got
rich working as middlemen shipping goods into Iraq or selling
property to Iraqis who fled to Amman. Others, like Yasin, got
poorer, blaming war-related wealth for driving up prices of
housing and other goods in Jordan's capital.
Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News
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