The World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of development interventions and leads policy research to generate evidence on how to close gender gaps in earnings, productivity...
L’Afrique, la région la plus jeune du monde, abrite plus de 145 millions de filles adolescentes âgées de 10 à 19 ans—soit plus d’un cinquième du total mondial, une proportion qui devrait dépasser un tiers...
This review highlights critical gaps in the implementation of legal and policy actions aimed at improving adolescent health outcomes. The findings underscore the need for policymakers to consider the full...
Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, has made significant strides in economic growth and human development over the past two decades. Between 2010 and 2018, GDP per capita more than doubled...
This review highlights critical gaps in the implementation of legal and policy actions aimed at improving adolescent health outcomes. The findings underscore the need for policymakers to consider the full...
A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Rwanda evaluated a 22-week couples’ training program aimed at reducing intimate partner violence (IPV) by shifting gender norms and promoting equitable relationships...
Digital business training offers flexibility and scalability, but translating these features into tangible benefits for women-led businesses is challenging. Completion rates were much higher for in-person...
Africa has the world’s youngest population. Over half of 15-19-year-old girls in Africa are out of school, or are married, or have children. Ethiopia stands out among African countries as a country with...
Kenya faces a growing youth employment challenge, with nearly 80 percent of its population under 35 working in informal, low-quality jobs that offer little security or opportunity for advancement. About...
Each Africa GIL impact evaluation aims to expand the evidence base on how best to close male-female gaps in earnings, productivity, assets, and agency across each of GIL’s six thematic areas: agriculture...
Démarré le jeudi 4 avril 2024 à Cotonou, le 1er Dialogue mondial des jeunes a connu son épilogue ce vendredi 5 avril. Après donc deux jours de travaux intenses teintés de perspectives de développement...
Women face many barriers to accessing and using the Internet. As a result, despite the rapid global spread of mobile Internet, women all over the world are less likely to participate in the digital economy...
The World Bank estimates that closing the gender gap in employment would increase long-run gross domestic product (GDP) per capita by 20 percent (Pennings 2022). Realizing this achievement, however, depends...
The labor market situation for Croatian women has improved significantly over the past decade, approaching the averages observed across the European Union (EU). Nevertheless, employment rates for young...
This report explores the key challenges to women’s employment in the transport sector and provides recommendations for how stakeholders can tackle gender gaps and increase women’s representation in the...
This options paper aims to highlight select evidence-based and innovative options for potential programming that could unlock women’s and girls’ empowerment through the World Bank’s portfolio in Somalia...
This options paper aims to highlight select evidence-based and innovative options for potential programming that could unlock women’s and girls’ empowerment through the World Bank’s portfolio in Somalia...
This note discusses how human capital is a job connector and driver of entrepreneurship. It first presents ideas on how to unlock the barriers to accessing productive employment, with particular attention...
Kenya’s macroeconomic environment improved in 2024, following a tighter macroeconomic policy framework. Still, GDP growth is decelerating as Kenya faced a multiplicity of challenges during the year. Broadening...
This report explores the key issues relating to women’s employment in Azerbaijan and offers recommendations to policymakers and companies for tackling gender-based occupational segregation in the labor...