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As we commemorate International Women's Day on March 8th, embracing this year's theme, "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress", we recognize the global strides made towards…
While MENA has made strides in improving women and girls’ health, much more needs to be done. Understanding the impact of conflict on women and girls is critical for designing both preventive…
An International Labor Organization study (ILO, 2019) found that women represent less than 20 percent of the global workforce in the transportation sector. How did the Quito Metro increase women’s…
Migration of any scale can yield benefits to the host countries by increasing the supply of labor (particularly in sectors where it is scarce), expanding the skills of the workforce, and providing…
Metro Line One in Quito, Ecuador, is a World Bank-supported initiative that’s providing safe, fast, reliable, and clean public transportation.
Technical education offers a powerful educational alternative as it can provide practical knowledge in a short time and link students with the productive sector more easily, thus contributing to…
The 28th Conference of the Parties, better known as (COP28) concluded in Dubai in December with a major agreement by 198 Parties, marking a new era of climate action. Several notable commitments…
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Rapid increase in defaults poses a threat to financial stability of the two economies. From a social standpoint, excessive debt can decrease households’ disposable…
Facing the biggest education crisis in a century, commitments to improve must become a reality urgently if children are to gain the future they deserve in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The recent World Development Report proposes a simple framework to analyze cross-border migration. It juxtaposes the motive for migration and the “match” between migrants’ attributes and the…