World Bank mobilises $50 million to improve Syrian refugees’ living conditions in Jordan

Jordan and the World Bank have signed an agreement for a $10 million grant which is part of an over $50 million support programme to Jordan’s service delivery and the municipalities’ capacity to host Syrian refugees. The Jordan Emergency Services and Social Resilience Project will improve living conditions in cities and towns most affected by refugee inflows. Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ibrahim Saif, and World Bank’s Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Inger Andersen, signed the agreement on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the World Bank, Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported.