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LOW-INCOME FAMILIES HIT HARDEST BY FUEL PRICE HIKE
Info-Prod Research (Middle East), July, 2005
According to "Jordan Times", with unemployment hovering around 13 per cent and poverty still plaguing one-third of the population, the fuel price hikes introduced are expected to take a bigger bite out of citizens' incomes. One of the most vocal critics of the hikes has been the Consumer Protection Society (CPS), which said the decision failed to take into consideration the living standards of limited- income people.
A CPS statement said the hike will push up living expenses and affect the underprivileged, describing the government's compensatory JD5-JD10 monthly pay rise to civil servants as "humble and not inclusive of all government employees." The hikes expected to hit low-income families the hardest are those on gas cylinders and kerosene used for heating in winter....
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