ESC launches annual report on gov’t performance, pandemic repercussions

AMMAN — The Economic and Social Council (ESC) on Monday launched its annual report titled “The 2020 state of the country”, which aims at following up on the performance, strategies, goals and efforts of ministries and public institutions, as well as the pandemic and its impact on various sectors.

ESC Chairman Mohammad Halaiqa said that the 2020 report has different goals than previous years as a result of the pandemic and its impacts on all sectors, which necessitated adding some goals related to the pandemic, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

These goals, the chairman noted, include identifying the repercussions of the crisis on sectors, setting top priorities in the post-pandemic era and means to overcome the impacts after the end of the pandemic.

The 2020 report included eight main aspects with a set of revisions that aim at identifying all sectors affecting the general life of citizens.