What works in Jordan

Jordan has implemented several large-scale economic empowerment programmes: the Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs Project trained 10,591 youth in digital skills and reached 402,757 school students with digital curricula using US$200M in World Bank funding, while the Women's Empowerment Principles Jordan Network grew from 50 to 256 signatory companies representing over 100,000 employees, with signatories recruiting 5,000+ women (56% of new hires) in one year. The Microfund for Women, operating since 1994 across 60 branches, has disbursed 1.2 million loans worth USD 827 million to 100,900 active borrowers (92.7% women), with a 92.2% repayment rate. Jordan has also piloted environmental restoration through Hima rangeland management, which nearly tripled forage biomass at Bani Hashem from 40 to 113 kg/ha through community-managed rotational grazing. These results are largely self-reported or descriptive rather than independently audited, except the Hima study which measured pre–post outcomes.