Financial Inclusion

Reforms to enhance gender equality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: From advocacy to implementation

A case study published by Women, Business and the Law identify three success factors that made legal reform possible for women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who until 2016 could not…

Natalia Agapitova, Julia Braunmiller, Marie Dry|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Gender, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Better mobility for migrants, refugees, and societies: Read and comment on the new World Development Report 2023 Concept Note

Around 300 million people live outside their country of birth. The World Development Report (WDR) 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies will address the benefits of cross-border mobility,…

Xavier Devictor, Quy-Toan Do, Caglar Ozden|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Regional Integration, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Trade

How can countries improve tax collection? Lessons from Liberia

Building capacity to collect taxes efficiently and equitably is an important policy goal for governments. Still, Liberia, like many low- and lower-middle-income countries, faces serious challenges…

Oyebola Okunogbe, Yahe Li|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Economic stresses and desperate financial choices: How to nurture financial wellbeing in Central Asia

What needs to be done then to promote financial wellbeing for more people in Central Asia?

Martin Melecky, Zarina Nurmukhambetova|
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector

Making data count: Estimating a poverty trend for Nigeria - 2009 to 2019

This paper addresses the challenges is measuring poverty reduction by using the same comparable household welfare indicators. It estimates a poverty trend for Nigeria between 2009 and 2019, given…

Jonathan Lain, Marta Schoch, Tara Vishwanath|
Financial Inclusion, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Poverty
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