Since 1994 up to 2006, the organizational form of the entity concerned with the public administration development and administrative reform in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has varied, from a public sector reform program, to a Ministry of Administrative Development, or a Minister of State, or a public administration for public sector development linked to the Prime Minister.
- In 2006, the Ministry of Public Sector Development was established as a legal successor to the Public Administration for Public Sector Development. The Ministry assumes the following duties and powers:
- Setting general policies for managing and developing human resources in the public sector.
- Setting general policies related to the development of the public sector, improving its performance, and working to raise the level of services provided and simplifying their procedures.
- Developing the organizational structures of government administration and providing an opinion on the systems of administrative organization of public sector departments and institutions.
- Laying the foundations for the optimal use of human resources in the public sector.