AMMAN, Jun 11 (NNN-PETRA) – The World Bank Group and other partners will provide a package of over 1.1 billion U.S. dollars, in financial support to Jordan in the 2021 fiscal year, the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation said yesterday.
The package includes support to Jordan’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Project, which aims to vaccinate 40 percent of eligible population, to achieve the target of vaccinating 75 percent of Jordanian citizens, the ministry said in a statement.
It added, the World Bank is preparing to expand the Emergency Cash Transfer Project, to support vulnerable households and workers impacted by the pandemic, as part of the government’s Takaful (support) programme, targeting about 160,000 households, and the Estidama (sustainability) programme, targeting over 100,000 workers.
This assistance would be critical to reopening the economy, including schools and hard-hit sectors, said the statement.
The World Bank said, the Jordanian economy declined by 1.6 percent in 2020, while the unemployment rate soared during the fourth quarter of last year, to unprecedented levels, especially among the young.
During a meeting with visiting World Bank delegation yesterday, Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Nasser Shraideh, said, the World Bank support would help boost Jordanian economy and create new investment opportunities.
