What works in Jordan
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Evidence snapshot for Jordan
Jordan has implemented multiple programmes to expand economic opportunity and digital inclusion. WFP's Building Blocks blockchain system has transferred over $760 million to six million people globally, with over one million refugees in Jordan actively using it monthly, while the Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs Project trained 10,591 youth in digital skills and reached 402,757 school students with digital curricula. The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund mobilised $108.97 million in private capital to finance approximately 160 startups and create 2,600 direct jobs, with 56% of positions going to youth; meanwhile, the Women's Empowerment Principles Jordan Network grew to 256 signatory companies covering 100,000+ employees, achieving 56% women among new hires and 48% women on executive boards.
Drawn from: WFP Building Blocks — Iris-Scan Blockchain Cash Assistance for Refugees in Jordan · Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project · Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) — Jordan's Fund-of-Funds Engine for Scaling SMEs · Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network · Talent Beyond Boundaries — Skilled-Worker Visa Pathways for Displaced Professionals · Microfund for Women (MFW) — Jordan's Largest Microfinance Institution for Women Entrepreneurs · Oasis500 — MENA's Pioneer Early-Stage Tech Accelerator (Amman) · Connected Learning Hubs — Offline-First E-Learning for Refugee and Host-Community Youth in Jordan
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Inclusiveness / equity +31 pts 73 here · 42 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evidence of learning impact +12 pts 40 here · 28 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +11 pts 87 here · 76 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Effectiveness -11 pts 67 here · 77 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -11 pts 27 here · 37 average
Efficiency -11 pts 33 here · 44 average
Evaluated outcomes -18 pts 67 here · 84 average
Demonstrated reach -26 pts 50 here · 76 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -32 pts 22 here · 54 average
Curator validation -41 pts 33 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Jordan. 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
WFP Building Blocks — Iris-Scan Blockchain Cash Assistance for Refugees in Jordan · 96
Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project · 88
Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) — Jordan's Fund-of-Funds Engine for Scaling SMEs · 86
Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network · 85
Talent Beyond Boundaries — Skilled-Worker Visa Pathways for Displaced Professionals · 81
Microfund for Women (MFW) — Jordan's Largest Microfinance Institution for Women Entrepreneurs · 74
Oasis500 — MENA's Pioneer Early-Stage Tech Accelerator (Amman) · 71
Connected Learning Hubs — Offline-First E-Learning for Refugee and Host-Community Youth in Jordan · 68
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Jordan concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
Already adopted in 6 other places
Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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