This Report sets forth a proposal for the Government of Jordan (GOJ)
to initiate a Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) set-aside program for
government tenders, to assist the GOJ in negotiating accession to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA or
Agreement). It contains the background on these efforts to date, a discussion
of the terms of reference under which this report is written, an approach for
creating an SME set-aside program, common features of such a program, and
recommendations for the next steps in this effort.