Despite significant improvements towards
gender equality in human capital outcomes over the past few
decades, the persistence of disparities in terms of
women's participation...
Type: BriefReport#: 168947Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
While there has been some progress in
the past decade in tackling gender disparities, gaps remain
in several monetary and non-monetary measures of well-being.
Women...
Type: BriefReport#: 168957Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Nicaragua is doing relatively better in
terms of education. Women in Nicaragua are facing
considerable inequalities in the labor market when compared
to men. One of...
Type: BriefReport#: 168956Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Ecuador has made some progress towards
gender equality in the past decade, but gaps between women
and men remain in several monetary and non-monetary measures
of well-being....
Political representation in parliament
exceeds the average for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC).
The proportion of seats that women held in parliament
increased from...
Type: BriefReport#: 168967Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Paraguay has made important strides
towards gender equality in the last years. However,
significant gaps persist in the areas of health, education,
economic opportunity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168954Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
The shortage of formal wage employment
affects women disproportionally, especially those with low
levels of education. The health insurance system in
Guatemala covers...
Type: BriefReport#: 168962Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Colombia has made progress towards
gender equality in health and education over the past
decades, but significant challenges remain in access to
economic opportunities....
Type: BriefReport#: 168984Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
The World Bank is an international
leader in the methodology and implementation of household
surveys, working in close partnership with national
statistics offices (NSOs)...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
performs relatively well in terms of gender equality, with
improvements over the last two decades in indicators
spanning human endowments,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168950Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Panama performs poorly in terms of
gender equality - despite being a high-income country, and
the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has widened
existing gaps,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168955Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Dominican Republic performs poorly in
terms of gender equality; international rankings indicate
that the Dominican Republic still has a long way to go in
closing existing...
Type: BriefReport#: 168966Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Costa Rica performs strongly on the
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) global gender gap index. It
ranks 15th globally and second in Latin America and the
Caribbean. The country...
Type: BriefReport#: 168983Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Since the beginning of the pandemic,
efforts have been made to monitor both school closures (and
re-opening) and the measures put in place to ensure
continuity of learning....
Type: ReportReport#: 166492Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Nannyonjo,Harriet ;
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De ;
Akmal,Maryam ;
Wong,Yi Ning ;
Yoshimoto,Hana ;
Ligao,Minghui ;
Ouedraogo,Alassane
Tajikistan has a lot to show in terms of
creating an enabling policy framework for gender equity, yet
large gendered challenges remain. The global COVID-19
outbreak...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 166199Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Rajabov,Alisher ;
Weber,Barbara ;
Seitz,William Hutchins
This study investigates the
effectiveness of online, low-cost, scalable interventions
aimed at reducing prejudice against an out-group through the
use of perspective...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9866Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Chatruc,Marisol Rodríguez ;
Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana
Using Integrated Public Use Microdata
Series–United States micro-census data from 1960 to 2010,
this paper examines whether racial and gender income
disparities beget...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9865Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Marrero,Gustavo Alberto ;
Rodríguez,Juan Gabriel ;
Van Der Weide,Roy
This study uses the Ethiopia Skills
Profile Survey (2017) to examine the gender differences in
livelihood opportunities and activities between refugees and
host communities....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9862Date: November 29, 2021Author:
Bogale,Yeshwas Admasu
Gender-based violence (GBV) has
substantial individual and collective costs that
disproportionately affect poorer women and girls. One woman
in three worldwide has experienced...
Type: BriefReport#: 166255Date: November 24, 2021Author:
Botea,Ioana Alexandra ;
Coudouel,Aline ;
Heinemann,Alessandra ;
Kuttner,Stephanie Anne
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that people in Sudan were aware of COVID-19 at the
start of the pandemic. Yet, one year later, preventive
measures were used...
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