Employment segregation - the unequal
distribution of female and male workers across and within
jobtypes—is often at the heart of gender gaps in
job quality, wage...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 135705Date: July 11, 2023Author:
Carranza,Eliana ;
Das,Smita ;
Kotikula,Aphichoke
Youth who are neither in school, nor
employed, nor in training (NEET), remain a sizeable and
vulnerable group in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC),
especially among...
Science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) are vital to the economic and social
prosperity of countries. Yet, women and girls continue to be
underrepresented...
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC),
women spend more than twice as much time as men on unpaid
care work, including domestic or household tasks as well as
care for...
Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
is widely recognized as an impediment to the social and
economic development of communities and States and the
achievement of...
International migration for temporary
employment is a critical component of South
Asia’s development path, from both the jobs and
remittance flows perspectives....
Type: ReportReport#: 147272Date: November 16, 2022Author:
Ahmed, S. Amer ;
Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves
Every person has the right to
participate fully in their society and economy and to be
recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1
billion people across...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112614Date: November 3, 2022
The Disability Inclusion and
Accountability Framework, updated in 2022, lays out a road
map for (i) including disability in the World
Bank’s policies, operations,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126977Date: November 1, 2022Author:
Mcclain-Nhlapo,Charlotte Vuyiswa ;
Koistinen,Mari Helena ;
Lord,Janet Elaine ;
Martin,Anna Hill ;
Rana,Trishna Rajyalaxmi
This technical guidance note highlights
operationally relevant guidance for how to effectively
structure teacher professional development (TPD) delivery
through group...
Type: ReportReport#: 163473Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Quota,Manal Bakur N ;
Alvi,Hafsa ;
Rodriguez Paredes,Diana Patricia
To continue monitoring how the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the welfare of
households in the region, the World Bank and UNDP have
joined forces in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 166810Date: August 23, 2022Author:
World Bank ;
United Nations Development Programme ;
Mejia-Mantilla,Carolina ;
Rivadeneira Alava,Ana Mercedes ;
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Castaneda Castrillon,Carlos Alberto ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Romero Haaker,Francisco Javier ;
Camacho,Adriana ;
Tenjo,Laura ;
Hernandez,Pablo ;
Del Carpio,Ximena Vanessa
Across the world, governments use
minimum wages, employment protection legislation, and other
labor regulations that define the legal boundaries of
employment to manage...
Type: ReportReport#: 139208Date: June 24, 2022Author:
World Bank
Countries around the world adopted a
wide range of fiscal measures in 2020 to mitigate the health
and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the
beginning of...
Type: ReportReport#: 161128Date: June 23, 2022Author:
Lacey,Eric Anthony ;
Massad,Joseph Paul ;
Utz,Robert Johann
Djibouti is the least developed and most
food-deficit country in the Horn of Africa; in 2021 the
country ranked 99th out of 116 countries on the Global
Hunger Index1....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 172892Date: June 1, 2022
This is a statement by H.E. Guy
Parmelin, Head of the Federal Department for Economic
Affairs, Education and Research, at the 105th meeting of the
Development Committee...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 170999Date: April 22, 2022
This is a statement by H.E. Agak Achuil
Lual, Minister of Finance and Planning, at the 105th meeting
of the Development Committee held on April 22, 2022. As the
COVID-19...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 170972Date: April 22, 2022
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