Twenty percent of women in Eastern Europe and 18 percent in Central Asia have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. The multilayered crises of climate, conflict, and the COVID…

Carolina Sánchez-Páramo, Varalakshmi Vemuru, Sanan Isaba Zaman |

A stand-alone Ministry of Gender would institutionalize the gender approach, target resources, and signal the government commitment to gender equality.

Alena Sakhonchik, Marina Elefante |

While infrastructure has been perceived as gender-neutral, it can be deeply exclusionary if masculine sensibilities solely determine the design. How can private investors incentivize gender…

Luciana Guimaraes Drummond e Silva |

Between 2019 and 2022, a total of 143 violent gender-related deaths of women were registered in Paraguay, an average of 36 cases per year or, in other words, 1 femicide every 10 days. From January…

Celina Esther Lezcano Flores, Matilde Bordón, Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Luis Recalde-Ramírez, Lorena Levano |

In a recent visit to South Sudan, we met with livestock herders as they were tending to their livestock in a cattle camp outside of Juba. One of the most memorable conversations was with a woman…

Holger Kray, Tahira Syed, Ana Cristina Canales Gomez |

The World Bank carried out High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) in the region and Paraguay ranked fourth among the countries with the most worrisome results in the Mental Health Vulnerability Index…

Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Luis Recalde-Ramírez |

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces 4 papers published from February 16 to February 28 on various topics, including…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |

The High-Frequency Phone Survey (a World Bank initiative), conducted in the Latin American and Caribbean countries, indicated that, as of June 2021, Paraguay was the country with the highest…

Matilde Bordón, Celina Esther Lezcano Flores, Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Luis Recalde-Ramírez |

While countries should take advantage of the apparel industry to bring more women in the labor force, they also need policies to tackle barriers that prevent women from pursuing careers.

Stacey Frederick, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Raymond Robertson, Mexico Vergara |

The global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has brought upon major challenges in the world’s economic system as governments imposed border restrictions, and businesses have had to shut down due to…

Michell Mositi Mompati |