JERUSALEM (AP) — The World Bank and Jordan are using a “flawed”
   algorithm to calculate aid for the kingdom’s citizens, excluding some
   people who are impoverished, hungry or otherwise struggling, a leading
   rights group said Tuesday.
   Human Rights Watch reported that the automated program ranks the income
   and socioeconomic status of Jordanian families, a practice known as
   “poverty targeting.” The report said that approach leaves out some
   needy people — such as the owners of modest businesses — increasing
   poverty in a nation of 10 million citizens.
   “Many people in Jordan are not getting financial support because their
   hardships don’t fit an algorithm’s rigid model of what poverty should
   look like,” said Amos Toh, senior technology and human rights
   researcher at Human Rights Watch.
   One Jordanian, identifying himself only as Abu Laith, or “the father of
   Laith,” said he is among those wrongly cut off from benefits.
   [1]https://apnews.com/article/jordan-world-bank-poverty-9789664208aa433
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   1. https://apnews.com/article/jordan-world-bank-poverty-9789664208aa433190b230534c5c376e