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The World Bank Group (WBG) is a long-standing member of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), which was established in 2002 as the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative. Created to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 (achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women) and the Education For All goals agreed in Dakar in 2000, the partnership directly supports the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4.

Africa Social Safety Net and Social Protection Assessment Series. Until recently, most countries in Africa implemented safety nets and social protection programs only on an ad hoc basis. In the wake of the global economic, food and fuel price crises starting in 2008, however, policymakers in Africa began to increasingly view safety nets as core instruments for reducing poverty, addressing inequality, and helping poor and vulnerable households to manage risk more effectively.

Quito, Ecuador, April 4th 2022. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested $50 million in the issuance of the first social gender bond made by Banco Pichincha in the Ecuadorian stock market. The bond principal, along with another $50 million of investment made by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), amounts to $100 million and has a term of five years.

I. INTRODUCTION 1. The rapid development, increased functionality, and growing use of new payment products and services (NPPS) globally has created challenges for countries and private sector institutions in

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