Women bear the greatest burden from energy poverty, and forced displacement further entrenches gender inequalities. This Live Wire aims to advance our understanding of how energy access can help bridge...
Type: BriefReport#: 180665Date: March 7, 2023Author:
Dave, Rutu ;
Indelicato, Marco ;
Ungari, Barbara
Only 1 in 4 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in El Salvador is a woman. For every young man out of employment, education, or training there are 2.5 young women in such...
Type: BriefReport#: 180629Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Young women in Suriname are 7 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or in training. Boys are 25 percentage points less likely than girls to complete lower...
Type: BriefReport#: 180630Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Although slowly declining, Chile’s adolescent fertility rate remains above the average for high income countries. Only 1 in 5 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Chile...
Type: BriefReport#: 180615Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Although declining, Antigua and Barbuda’s adolescent fertility rate remains higher than the average for high income countries. There are 9 times more cases of domestic violence with women than men as survivors....
Type: BriefReport#: 180612 Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Young women in Trinidad and Tobago are 4 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or in training. Although slowly declining, adolescent fertility remains...
Type: BriefReport#: 180631Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Young women in Argentina are 5 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or training. Boys are 5 percentage points less likely than girls to complete lower...
Type: BriefReport#: 180610Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Young women in Guyana are 15 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or in training. Although declining, Guyana’s adolescent fertility rate is more than...
Type: BriefReport#: 180619Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Uruguay’s adolescent fertility rate is 5 times higher than the average rate for high-income countries. Young women are 3 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180632Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Only 1 in 3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Honduras is a woman. Young women are almost 29 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not...
Type: BriefReport#: 180620Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Only 2 in 5 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Belize is a woman. Young women are 20 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180613Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Less than 1 in 3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Ecuador is a woman. Young women are 17 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in...
Type: BriefReport#: 180617Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Boys in St. Kitts and Nevis are 5 percentage points less likely than girls to complete lower secondary education. Men are half as likely than women to enroll in tertiary education. Women hold only 25 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 180623Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
This note summarizes some stylized facts implied by the latest Bilateral Remittances Matrix (BRM) published by KNOMAD in late December 2022. The EU-27 countries as a group form the second most important...
Type: BriefReport#: 193086Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Ratha, Dilip
Less than 1 in 3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Mexico is a woman. Young women are 16 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in...
Type: BriefReport#: 180626Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Although declining, St. Vincent and the Grenadine’s adolescent fertility rate remains higher than average for upper middle-income countries. Boys are 8 percentage points less likely than girls to complete...
Type: BriefReport#: 180633Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Young women in Bolivia are 8 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or in training. 1 in 4 women have experienced physical and or sexual intimate partner...
Type: BriefReport#: 180614Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Although slowly declining, Nicaragua has consistently higher fertility rates than regional and structural peers. Women in Nicaragua are 14 percentage points more likely than men to have vulnerable jobs....
Type: BriefReport#: 180628Date: March 6, 2023Author:
Galeano Servian, Diana Maria ;
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for timely information to help monitor and mitigate the socio-economic impact of the crisis. This information is essential to inform policy measures for protecting...
Type: BriefReport#: 191295Date: March 5, 2023Author:
World Bank
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 180634Date: March 3, 2023Author:
Atamanov, Aziz ;
Clark, Samuel Thomas ;
Cochinard, Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor, John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic, Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini, Giulia
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