Increasingly, academic research in
conflict-affected contexts relies on support from
humanitarian organizations. Humanitarian organizations
constitute sites of study...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 145898Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Lewis,Chloe Markham ;
Lumpali,Banga Alfred ;
Cimanuka,Ghislain ;
Hategekimana,Jean De Dieu ;
Lake,Milli May ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan
Indonesia is the world’s largest
archipelago and fourth most populous nation, tenth-largest
economy in purchasing power parity terms. It is one of the
most socially,...
Since the beginning of the twentieth
century, Chile embarked on a long journey to develop a
forestry model adapted to its national circumstances,
achieving considerable...
Type: ReportReport#: 149110Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Papageorgiou,Stavros ;
Massai,Carolina
Efforts to promote gender equality often
encourage changes to interpersonal interactions as a way of
undermining gender hierarchy. Such programs are premised on
the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 145958Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Pierotti,Rachael Susan ;
Lake,Milli May ;
Lewis,Chloe Markham
It is often assumed that all members of
a population experience the impact of disasters in the same
way. In the pre-disaster context, women’s and girls’ unequal
access...
Type: ReportReport#: 147804Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Robles,Cindy Patricia Quijada ;
Benavidez,Melody Joy
This note provides guidance on how to
best identify and address gender gaps through one of the
World Bank Group’s core financing instruments, Development
Policy Financing...
The overall Gender Equality Index for
the Republic Albania reached 60.4 in 2017, indicating a
substantial gender gap. This finding confirms the need for
stakeholders,...
In 2018, the World Bank and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) jointly issued a position paper on Culture in City
Reconstruction...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 146680Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Bailey,Laura E. ;
Wrobel,Robert
This paper offers for the first time a
global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it
affects women's economic opportunity and charts the
evolution of legal...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9080Date: December 17, 2019Author:
Hyland,Marie Caitriona ;
Djankov,Simeon ;
Goldberg,Pinelopi Koujianou
Women in Solomon Islands are half as
likely as men to be in paid employment and only one out of
four private sector jobs are held by women. Companies in
Solomon Islands...
Land use initiatives that distribute
result-based payments for emission reductions need to define
transparent and equitable benefit-sharing plans for how
these incentives...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 143334Date: November 1, 2019Author:
Durbin,Joanna ;
King,Danielle ;
Calderwood,Natasha ;
Wells,Zachary ;
Godoy,Fabiano
Tourism has a pivotal role to play in
achieving the commitments at the heart of the 2030 agenda
for sustainable development including commitments to gender
equality,...
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has requested
from the World Bank extended support and partnership in
promoting women’s employment and leadership in the energy
sector, as...
Type: ReportReport#: 161303Date: October 10, 2019Author:
Nguyen, An Hanh Thi ;
Nguyen,Giang Thi Huong ;
Charamnac,Claire Nicole ;
Buchhave,Helle
This report is based on the findings and
recommendations of extensive work undertaken by an
independent consultant (Potten 2018b) with inputs from World
Bank and DFAT....
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000620Date: October 1, 2019
Diversity at the top of an organization
can lead to better decision making and governance, and
gender-inclusive companies—including utilities—can better
reflect the...
Women are an untapped pool of talent for
the water sector. Data collected for this study from 64
water and sanitation service providers in 28 economies
around the world...
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