What works in Jordan
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Evidence snapshot for Jordan
Jordan has implemented multiple digital and economic inclusion initiatives. WFP's Building Blocks blockchain system has transferred over $760 million to six million people by 2025 while reducing bank transaction fees by 98%, while the Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs Project trained 10,591 youth in digital skills and reached 402,757 school students with digital curricula using $200M in World Bank funding. The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund mobilised $108.97 million in private capital to finance approximately 160 startups, creating 2,600 direct jobs with 56% going to youth and 37% to women. Additionally, the Women's Empowerment Principles Jordan Network grew to 256 signatory companies representing over 100,000 employees, with women comprising 56% of new hires at participating firms (though these figures are self-reported and unaudited).
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 +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Inclusiveness / equity +30 pts 73 here · 43 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +24 pts 72 here · 48 average
Evidence of learning impact +18 pts 44 here · 26 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +13 pts 87 here · 74 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -9 pts 39 here · 48 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -9 pts 55 here · 64 average
Impact on gender equality -10 pts 60 here · 70 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -10 pts 28 here · 38 average
Efficiency -12 pts 20 here · 32 average
Evaluated outcomes -18 pts 60 here · 78 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -27 pts 27 here · 54 average
Curator validation -33 pts 40 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach -36 pts 40 here · 76 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
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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
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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
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