What works in Amman
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Evidence snapshot for Amman
Amman hosts several major economic-empowerment and tech-development initiatives. Oasis500, founded in Amman in 2010, has backed 193 startups generating approximately USD 135M in follow-on funding and about 5,000 jobs across the MENA region. The Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project, a US$200M World Bank programme, trained 10,591 youth in digital skills and reached 402,757 school students with digital curricula, while Microfund for Women (MFW), founded in Amman in 1994, operates 60 branches across Jordan and has disbursed 1.2 million loans worth USD 827 million primarily to women entrepreneurs. These initiatives demonstrate Amman's role as a hub for digital transformation, youth employment, and women's economic empowerment, though the evidence is based on self-reported data rather than external audits.
Drawn from: Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project · Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network · Microfund for Women (MFW) — Jordan's Largest Microfinance Institution for Women Entrepreneurs · Oasis500 — MENA's Pioneer Early-Stage Tech Accelerator (Amman) · Oasis500 — MENA's First Seed Accelerator Scaling Jordanian Tech Startups · Siraj — Jordan's National Generative-AI Learning and Teaching Assistant · Amman is Listening — Greater Amman Municipality's AI-Assisted Citizen Feedback Platform · Sanad — Jordan's AI Chatbot and Digital ID Platform Reaching 2.9 Million Citizens
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
{# KAN-369 chips show whole points; the explanation lives in the section's bottom note (KAN-370) so each concept is explained exactly once. #}Strengths
Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average
Documented learning +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Inclusiveness / equity +26 pts 67 here · 41 average
Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Effectiveness +19 pts 100 here · 81 average
Impact on gender equality +17 pts 100 here · 83 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +9 pts 89 here · 80 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Equity & inclusion -10 pts 44 here · 54 average
Innovation level -13 pts 52 here · 64 average
Curator validation -25 pts 50 here · 75 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -33 pts 33 here · 66 average
Evaluated outcomes -34 pts 50 here · 84 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -35 pts 0 here · 35 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -37 pts 17 here · 54 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -53 pts 0 here · 53 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Amman. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project · 88
Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network · 85
Microfund for Women (MFW) — Jordan's Largest Microfinance Institution for Women Entrepreneurs · 74
Oasis500 — MENA's Pioneer Early-Stage Tech Accelerator (Amman) · 71
Oasis500 — MENA's First Seed Accelerator Scaling Jordanian Tech Startups · 67
Siraj — Jordan's National Generative-AI Learning and Teaching Assistant · 53
Amman is Listening — Greater Amman Municipality's AI-Assisted Citizen Feedback Platform · 48
Sanad — Jordan's AI Chatbot and Digital ID Platform Reaching 2.9 Million Citizens · 47
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more