Since its inception in 2014, the
Institute of Natural Medicine and Complementary Therapies
(IMNTC) has set up a strategy for providing, promoting, and
developing traditional...
Type: BriefReport#: 156182Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Mendoza,Maria Jose ;
Aviles,Maritza Ruiz ;
Gordillo-Tobar,Amparo Elena ;
Colchao,Maria E. ;
Herrera Gonzalez,Emilce Del Socorro ;
Rodriguez,Evelyn
A key constraint to meaningful gender
inclusion in agriculture, forest and irrigation projects and
productive grants is the lack of data and evidence on
women’s roles...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151880Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Horst,Alexandra Christina ;
Mauri,Silvia ;
Edmeades,Svetlana ;
Pape-Christiansen,Andrea ;
Jungbluth,Frauke
Productive matching grants schemes are
an important tool to modernize agricultural production. The
World Bank has been supporting countries at the European
Union (EU)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151879Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Horst,Alexandra Christina ;
Mauri,Silvia ;
Edmeades,Svetlana ;
Pape-Christiansen,Andrea ;
Jungbluth,Frauke
Across the world, there is increasingly
widespread recognition of the critical need for gender
equality. Closing the economic, employment, health, and
education gaps...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150776Date: June 30, 2020
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...
Almost one-in-three married women in
Nepal have experienced physical, sexual, or
emotionalviolence by a spouse. The absence of a
well-integrated response system can...
IEG will build on the strategic
framework it adopted in FY 20, centering its work program
around 6 work streams on i) Gender, ii) Fragility, Conflict,
and Violence (FCV),...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150031Date: June 15, 2020
Forces of nature are unpredictable, and
their power is often unstoppable. On March 22, 2020, a
powerful earthquake struck Zagreb and parts of the
surrounding Krapina-Zagorje...
Productive grants are an important tool
to modernize agricultural production. World Bank support for
productive grants in the Western Balkans has focused on
building...
Type: ReportReport#: 150332Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Horst,Alexandra Christina ;
Mauri,Silvia ;
Edmeades,Svetlana ;
Pape-Christiansen,Andrea ;
Jungbluth,Frauke
The protection of formal institutions
can help to strengthen women’s property rights, potentially
improving welfare and economic efficiency of the household
with broader...
Type: BriefReport#: 150461Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
O'Sullivan,Michael B.
Computable general equilibrium (CGE)
models are economy-wide simulation tools that can be very
useful in answering the policy questions related to closing
gender gaps....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 149942Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Kabir,Kayenat ;
Dudu,Hasan
Gender equality and the empowerment of
women and girls, one of the Sustainable Development Goals,
is a highly complex and challenging undertaking. We must
address multiple...
Type: BriefReport#: 151295Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Rana,Ahmed Nauraiz
The World Bank Group’s gender
strategy for fiscal year (FY)16–23 presents
gender equality as integral to smart development policy
(World Bank Group 2015)....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 147596Date: March 12, 2020
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#: 146673Date: March 3, 2020Author:
Amirtahmasebi,Rana
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#: 146674Date: March 3, 2020Author:
García, Barbara Mínguez ;
Newman,James P.
The Latin America and Caribbean region
(LAC) has achieved substantial progress on gender equality
in past decades. Gains have come in diverse areas like
declines in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128525Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Muller,Miriam ;
Casabonne,Ursula
European countries are highly exposed to
the impacts of natural hazards. Romania, the host country of
this conference, is particularly vulnerable to disasters.
The World...
ESMAP/The World Bank presents the Gender
Equality in The Energy Sector Calendar (2020-21) to raise
awareness on key gender-equality issues in the energy sector
and stimulate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 146661Date: March 1, 2020
Reducing gender inequality makes
economic sense apart from being the right thing to do.
Achievinggender equality and empowering all women and girls
is the fifth sustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 146622Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Male,Chata ;
Montenegro,Claudio E. ;
Leroy De La Briere,Benedicte
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