The report presents lessons from the
SheWorks Sri Lanka Partnership, a two-year peer learning
platform featuring fifteen leading companies in the country,
and shares...
Type: ReportReport#: 156758Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Kolb,Henriette ;
Luinstra,Amy N. ;
Arunasalam,Aarthy ;
Duwage,Samurdhi Lakshani Perera ;
Twigg,Sarah
Japan’s cultural heritage (CH) is among
the richest in the world, but the country is faced with some
of the most difficult challenges in its exposure to hazards.
With...
Type: ReportReport#: 153639Date: October 13, 2020Author:
Newman,James P. ;
Minguez Garcia,Barbara ;
Kawakami,Kaori ;
Akieda,Yumi Isabelle Naito
In Uzbekistan, authorities instituted
strong health and social distancing measures in March to
contain local transmission of COVID-19, with national and
international...
Cultural heritage reflects the knowledge
and history passed down through a society from one
generation to another. In the region, where poverty and
inequality are the...
Type: ReportReport#: 153640Date: October 13, 2020Author:
Newman,James P.
The advanced draft Benefit Sharing Plan
(BSP) for the Emission Reductions Program in Sangha-Likouala
(ERP-SL), Republic of Congo, has been developed in
anticipation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154828Date: October 1, 2020
In recent months, the Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19) crisis has brought to a halt a decades-long
growth trend in tourism throughout the world. As countries
start reopening...
TDLC was launched in Tokyo in 2004 under
a partnership between the Government of Japan and the World
Bank. TDLC is a global one-stop knowledge hub for urban
development,...
Type: BriefReport#: 153273Date: September 24, 2020
Nature-based tourism (NBT) plays an
important role in sustainable development. It can support
poverty alleviation, economic growth, and biodiversity
conservation and...
Type: ReportReport#: 152848Date: September 3, 2020Author:
Spenceley,Anna ;
Narain,Urvashi
This study on Securing Forest Tenure
Rights for Rural Development aims to contribute to efforts
worldwide to reduce poverty and strengthensustainable
management in forest...
Type: ReportReport#: 152337Date: August 31, 2020Author:
Segura Warnholtz,Gerardo ;
Fernandez,Mercedes ;
Smyle,James W. ;
Springer,Jenny
This brief focuses on how IFC’s
environmental and social performance standards support
gender equality and help combat gender-based violence.
Addressing gender equality...
Lazada has always been supporting the
female community in Southeast Asia, from providing selling
opportunities on our platform to hiring women riders among
our courier...
The Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked,
largely mountainous country with rich natural resources that
include a variety of landscapes and ecosystems - mountains
and glaciers,...
Type: ReportReport#: 158953Date: August 1, 2020Author:
Dade,Drite ;
Castaneda Sanchez,Juan Pablo ;
Ismailakhunova,Saida ;
Markhonko,Vladimir ;
Vargas,Renato
User Submitted Abstract : The purpose of
the WEEI is to identify intermediate and final outcome
indicators measuring women’s economic empowerment and gender
equality...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 152090Date: August 1, 2020
To advance economic gender equality in
Africa, the authors first need to know which development
programs work to economically empower women. Better data on
gender-informed...
Type: BriefReport#: 152334Date: August 1, 2020Author:
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
Goldstein,Markus P.
Trade can dramatically improve women’s
lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and
increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also
lead to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 151330Date: July 30, 2020Author:
Churchill,Erik William ;
Rocha Gaffurri,Nadia Patrizia ;
Monteiro, Jose-Antonio ;
Stolzenburg, Victor ;
Braunmiller,Julia Constanze ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Espitia Rueda,Alvaro Raul ;
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Hasan,Tazeen ;
Hollweg,Claire Honore ;
Sauve,Pierre ;
Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth ;
Auboin, Marc ;
Bacchetta,Marc ;
Boghossian, Anoush der ;
Jackson, Lee-Ann ;
Marceau, Gabrielle ;
Rubinova,Stela ;
Xu, Ankai
As in most conflicts, in South Sudan,
women and girls have been the most vulnerable. Not only do
they face many challenges, including extreme poverty and
lack of access...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 151319Date: July 30, 2020Author:
Silva ;
Samantha de ;
Hasan ;
Abir ;
Ouedraogo ;
Aissatou ;
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Eliana,Tiurma
Stepping Up Women's STEM Careers in
Infrastructure: An Overview of Promising Approaches
describes a variety of ways to level the pathway for women
entering into and...
Ecuador became the third largest
receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans who left their
country in the last five years, hosting around 10 percent of
them. Little is...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9332Date: July 23, 2020Author:
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Ortega,Francesc ;
Rivadeneira Alava,Ana Mercedes ;
Carranza,Eliana
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