In 2012 the World Bank Group (WBG)
established the umbrella facility for gender equality
(UFGE), a multi-donor trust fund dedicated to advancing
gender equality and...
This paper studies factors that could
account for the asymmetric impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
in Latin America, by exploiting microdata from the World
Bank’s...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9887Date: December 17, 2021Author:
Berniell,Inés ;
Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos ;
Marchionni,Mariana ;
Viollaz,Mariana
The COVID-19 pandemic and its negative
economic effects create a need for timely data and evidence
to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts
of the...
The World Bank launched the Rapid Web
based Survey on the Impact of the Conflict (RWSIC) on June
9, 2021, covering key topics such as access to basic
services, labor...
Type: ReportReport#: 167893Date: December 15, 2021Author:
Aghajanian,Alia Jane ;
Tao,Tao ;
Malasquez Carbonel,Eduardo Alonso ;
Chatila,Mohamad ;
Afif,Zeina ;
Zoratto,Laura De Castro
Across a wide variety of regions and
contexts, surveys have found high rates of disagreement
within couples on matters of household decision making.
Using a unique data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9883Date: December 14, 2021Author:
Liaqat,Sundas ;
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
Jarvis,Forest Brach ;
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Johnson,Hillary C.
This Survey on Ethics and Corruption in
the Federal Public Service was held online from April 28 to
May 28, 2021, in partnership with the Office of the Federal
Comptroller...
Type: ReportReport#: 165970Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Ortega Nieto,Daniel ;
Kim,Galileu ;
Sousa Lourenco,Joana Isabel ;
Kay,Kerenssa Mayo ;
Arias,Eric Braian ;
Brescianini,Juliana Neves Soares ;
Dias Diniz Costa,Maria Elisa ;
Antonacci Moura,Paulo Vitor
Over 80 million people, one percent of
the globe’s population, have been forcibly displaced, the
highest level on record (UNHCR 2020a). Displaced women fare
worse on...
The Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for
the Kyrgyz Republic seeks to assess the World Bank
Group’s efforts to help the Kyrgyz Republic
address its main development...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 167120Date: December 6, 2021
This document presents the FY22 World
Bank Budget for Board approval. The proposed budget reflects
close consultations between Executive Directors and
Management throughout...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 166943Date: December 2, 2021
This Regional Action Plan on
Gender-based Violence (GBV) in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) region reflects the region’s commitment to
step up its efforts to...
Argentina’s progress towards gender
equality remains imbalanced: women have advantage in human
endowment, but still lag in economic participation and voice
and agency....
Type: BriefReport#: 168989Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
St. Kitts has made progress in terms of
health outcomes over the past decades. Domestic violence is
the most common form of gender-based violence which
predominantly...
Type: BriefReport#: 168952Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Although Chile has experienced robust
economic growth and made progress in narrowing gender gaps
during the last decades, gender disparities persist,
especially in access...
Type: BriefReport#: 168985Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
While recent data to assess Guyana’s
performance on achieving gender equality is scarce, the
existing evidence highlights key shortcomings across all
dimensions, with...
Type: BriefReport#: 168961Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
During this period, ESMAP focused its
efforts on addressing three compounded challenges facing
developing countries: the COVID crisis; the urgent need to
decarbonize;...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 167295Date: December 1, 2021Author:
ESMAP
The country has made major progress in
gender equality since the beginning of the century. The
government has taken concrete steps to enact policies that
address gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 168986Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Jamaica has made significant strides
towards gender equality in the last two decades. Despite
improvements in educational attainment, Jamaican women do
not have the...
Type: BriefReport#: 168958Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
When looking at human endowments,
Honduras has a mixed performance in women’s health outcomes
and a poor performance in education. Gender gaps in labor
market outcomes...
Type: BriefReport#: 168959Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
The FY21 Annual Report provides an
update on the GTP Umbrella and its activities’
progress, status of development partners’
contributions, the expenditures...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 166700Date: December 1, 2021
Trinidad and Tobago have made terms of
health outcomes over the past two decades. A recent gender
analysis conducted by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago
and United...
Type: BriefReport#: 168948Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
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