Legal Aspect to Ensuring Sustainable Development in Jordan: Countering Crime and Shadow Operations

Abstract

In Jordan, addressing crimes such as corruption, smuggling, and unregulated economic activities through robust legal measures is crucial. These activities can significantly hinder sustainable development by diverting resources, harming the environment, and fostering inequality. In such conditions, the goal is to develop an approach that could assess the influence factors of shadow business on the sustainable development of Jordan. For this, the scientific task should include determining what is the possible connection between sustainable development in Jordan and security in the country. The system of sustainable development of the economic system of Jordan was chosen as the object of study. For this, the methodology involves the application of the method of correlations, the method of variance analysis and the method of nonlinear analysis. PESTLE and SWOT analyzes of the impact of shadow business operations in the region on ensuring sustainable development were conducted. All complex calculations were carried out using special software for working with data analysis. As a result, a detailed analysis was carried out and substantiated conclusions were formulated on the dynamics of the corruption perception index in Jordan. An assessment is made of the state of the country's economic security over the past five years and its impact on sustainable development. The study found that economic crimes and criminal offenses have a significant impact on sustainable development in Jordan.