Amman Part 1: from a bird's-eye view
May 12th 2009 After an absence of more than 7 years from Jordan, I arrived in good old Queen Alia Airport. I say 'good old' deliberately: I was curious to see the results of the IFC-backed rehabilitation of the Airport, a massive project that was expected to cost US$50 million dollars but ended up costing US$850 million. (Let me add that despite the right-on appraisal, the project did accumulate several awards,
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