Jordan

Middle East and North Africa

Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider. Regional average excludes high income countries

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Gender Gap in Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account by gender

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Use of Financial Services

Percent of adults age 15+ in 2017

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017
Country Resources
The National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2018 - 2020
Sanabel – The Microfinance Network of Arab Countries
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018

Publications

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Paper

COVID-19 and Refugees’ Economic Opportunities, Financial Services and Digital Inclusion

Addressing structural and practical barriers to refugees’ financial and economic inclusion

Anneleen Vos and Kelsey Weber, Daphne Jayasinghe, Lauren Post, Kim Wilson, Swati Dhawan & Hans-Martin Zademach
International Rescue Committee
Case study

Financial Education for the MSMEs: Identifying MSME Educational Needs

Demand-side case studies on educational programs for both supply and demand-side from Zambia, Jordan and Bangladesh

Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
Women standing in line. CFI Photo.
Paper

Preserving Liquidity: Policymaker Responses to COVID-19 and the Impact on Low-Income Customers

Initial lessons learned and suggestions for dealing with the current and future crises
Loretta Michaels, Hema Bansal & Mayada El-Zoghbi
Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion

News & Events

Members of the financial inclusion community contributed the following news and events.

News

EIB Lends $3M to Microfund for Women (MFW) for Entrepreneurs in Jordan

/ MicroCapital

Agent Home Delivery Service Enables Money Transfer Services During COVID-19 Movement Restrictions

Microloans, Seen as Salvation for Poor Women, Trap Many in Debt

/ The New York Times
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