Projects of Improvement, Continuities of Neglect: Re-Fragmenting the Periphery in Southern Rural Jordan Katharina Lenner Periphery Rural Development Re-Fragmentation Poverty Alleviation Jordan This paper analyzes projects of improvement and continuities of neglect found in two peripheral regions in the rural south of Jordan. These areas have been framed as poverty pockets and singled out for special attention. Yet, despite the multitude of improvement projects targeting them since 1990, they have remained on the periphery. I argue that this has resulted from certain dynamics found within current strategies of intervention. These put people in their place as "locals" and render their concerns inferior to "national" or "global" interests. Accordingly, the transformations witnessed are best described as a socio-spatial re-fragmentation of governing strategies. Philipps-Universität Marburg Marburg Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg 2015 2015-11-03 2018-01-31 Text article urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2015-103-36434 eng 2714728-9 5 1 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/article/download/3643/3664 10.17192/meta.2015.5.3643 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2015/103/3643