AMMAN — On Monday the world celebrated the
International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty amid forecasts that the
COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, together with the rising food and
energy prices, will increase the number of people living in extreme poverty to
685 million by the end of 2022, Al-Saa News reported.
اضافة اعلان
According to a policy paper published by the
Jordan Strategy Forum that tackles the index of inequality reduction commitment issued
by Oxfam and the International Finance Corporation, Jordan’s performance, while
attempting to reduce the inequality index, has improved markedly, making it
rank 54/161 in 2022, compared to 66/158 in 2020.
The index is a measurement tool aimed at assessing
governments’ actions to reduce inequality through three main themes: public
services, taxation and employment.
According to the forum, Jordan ranked the weakest in
the public services pillar, scoring 99/161. In the area of tax increase,
Jordan’s ranking was average: 65/161. In the workers’ rights and the level of
wages pillar, Jordan showed good performance, scoring 36/161.
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
Nasser Al-Shraideh had estimated earlier in August that poverty in Jordan
stands at 24 percent, an increase of 6 percent, due to the pandemic
implications.
In April 2019, the government announced that
absolute poverty among Jordanians had reached 15.7 percent, representing 1.069
million Jordanians. In 2017-2018, extreme poverty reached 0.12 percent, representing
7,993 Jordanians, according to the latest survey of family income and expenses
carried out by the Department of Statistics.
The
World Bank predicts an additional 11 percent increase in
poverty in Jordan due to the pandemic.
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