Securing Peace through Trade Dividends: Qualifying Industrial Zones

Abstract

Qualified industrial zones offer opportunities for greater Israeli and Jordanian understanding through personal and professional across the border contacts necessitated by the day-to-day operation of these QIZs. It is peace by putting aside old history of mischief and misgiving. The goal of the QIZs is also to provide desperately needed jobs to Jordanians taking advantage of unlimited pool of cheap labor and tax benefits.6 Labor is in Jordanian currency while the final product is in U.S dollar. Therefore, QIZs are very attractive.