The cost of hosting the refugee community continues to vastly outpace the support provided. Today, the Jordan Response Plan 2015 is only 34% funded, which includes both actual and committed funds, leaving two-thirds of our needs unsupported. How big is the gap between the costs of managing the refugee crisis and the support Jordan has received from the international community?įAKHOURY:The government of Jordan is facing a critical funding issue. This excludes the cost of humanitarian interventions, and accounts only for additional expenditures in education, health, subsidies and income losses incurred by the government since the beginning of the crisis. Since 2011, the fiscal impact of the crisis is estimated to be $7.9bn. While Jordan is grateful for all the support it received from donors, it is important that the international community understand the magnitude of the crisis and the risks that Jordan will continue to face if its needs are not addressed in a timely manner, particularly when Jordan also continues to face a difficult fiscal and economic situation. The influx of refugees has stretched the budget, increased pressures on services provision and government resources, and strained existing infrastructure. The economic and social impact of this refugee influx is a fundamental source of concern in the kingdom. Jordan is the second-largest host of Syrian refugees per capita among neighbours and is the third-largest refugee hosting country worldwide.
IMAD FAKHOURY: The Syrian crisis is in its fifth year and Jordan continues its role in supporting regional stability. An inch or so of compressed lobster meat on an artisan soft roll with crustacean mayonnaise and a sensational coriander/cucumber slaw - and some fresh-made potato crisps offered with a nonchalance that describes Bangerter’s understated style.How can Jordan galvanise international support for managing the regional refugee crisis? Finally, we go for the lobster burger ($26). The seared sea scallops are cooked à point, bolstered by warm potato salad, cured ham and a sting of acid in lemon vinaigrette ($23), wholly estimable. Now I’m beginning to really appreciate Bangerter’s depth, the way he mingles flavour and texture. We follow up with elegant ricotta gnocchi in a slick tomato fondue, a sniff of basil, roasted garlic and halved Jerusalem artichokes on the branch ($12/$16). I’ve never eaten cured ocean trout before, but this sample’s intense fishiness suggests it may be past its prime. From five appetizers, we pick cured ocean trout: cubes of rosy trout, lemony crème fraîche, avocado, grapefruit and pickled daikon ($16). This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Trusty cod, roasted with sweetbreads, celery and porcini cream. I’m surprised at the dinner menu’s predictability, faves tweaked rather than re-examined: braised lamb shank with blackcurrant jam, mustard greens, curried lentils.
Perhaps a little too subtle for the rough and tumble of the entertainment district. The bankable executive chef is Jason Bangerter, formerly of Auberge du Pommier, a polished cook. Still, we’ll always have Paris: I mean the food. The only tremor of sensuality comes with a glimpse of King West’s funky bistros, Mistral and St. KPMB, the designer of both, is a champion of the penitentiary style, grid layout, neutral colours.
It is as divorced from its context as Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner is inside the ceramics museum. Luma doesn’t have anything to do with the movies. Pardon me, I must have the wrong address. … the indelible images of a century, too many to count.