COVID-19 G2P Cash-Transfer Payments Country Brief: Jordan

Publication:
COVID-19 G2P Cash-Transfer Payments Country Brief: Jordan

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-03T15:59:38Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-03T15:59:38Z
dc.date.issued	2025-05-30
dc.description.abstract	The largest cash transfer program in Jordan, operated by the National Aid Fund (NAF), regularly benefited approximately 100,000 households by the end of 2018 (almost 10 percent of the population. NAF provides cash transfers in the range of US $28 to $254 to 16 different categories of vulnerable groups. The groups targeted include elders, orphans, widows, families that fall under the national poverty line, and families where the head of the family is unable to work due to severe disability. Jordan is in the process of developing its Social Registry, the National Unified Registry (NUR), based on the expansion of the National Aid Fund (NAF) database for vulnerable population and the Takaful program. The payment arrangement is based on the delivery of cash transfers through e-money accounts also referred to e-wallets, which can be opened with any of the seven licensed payment service providers (PSPs). The PSPs in collaboration with NAF, JoPACC, the Central Bank of Jordan and different international social protection agencies, such as the WFP and UNICEF, provide training sessions, material and communication channels for beneficiaries. Through these channels, beneficiaries can receive information and guidance on how to open and use e-wallets.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099053025155740720
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/43422
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43422
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	G2P
dc.subject	NATIONAL AID FUND (NAF)
dc.subject	CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
dc.subject	NO POVERTY
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.title	COVID-19 G2P Cash-Transfer Payments Country Brief: Jordan	en
dc.type	Brief
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2025-07-03
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-07-05T02:11:23.679131Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2025-06-05T22:05:38Z	en
okr.doctype	Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099053025155740720
okr.guid	099053025155740720
okr.identifier.docmid	P173166-a119182b-ab5e-4c94-b003-091f1dae4a2f
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	40017968
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	40017968
okr.identifier.report	201937
okr.import.id	7874
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	https://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099053025155740720/pdf/P173166-a119182b-ab5e-4c94-b003-091f1dae4a2f.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.country	Jordan
okr.sector	FY17 - Banking Institutions,FY17 - ICT Services,FY17 - Central Government (Central Agencies)
okr.sector	Financial Sector,Information and Communications Technologies,Public Administration
okr.theme	FY17 - ICT Solutions,FY17 - Gender,FY17 - E-Government, incl. e-services,FY17 - Payment & markets infrastructure,FY17 - ICT,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Financial Infrastructure and Access,FY17 - Financial inclusion
okr.theme	FY17 - Finance,FY17 - Private Sector Development,FY17 - Public Sector Management,FY17 - Human Development and Gender
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development::Financial Sector and Social Assistance
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Assistance
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.unit	Digital Government (DTUGO)