Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Resilient and inclusive public financial management systems enable governments to better respond to disasters

When Hurricane Maria hit Dominica in 2017, it destroyed over 90 percent of the country’s infrastructure and yet, staff at the Ministry of Finance reported that public financial management (PFM)…

Bernard Myers, Urška Zrinski|

Do childcare subsidies and employment services increase women’s employment in Egypt?

With the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and World Bank, an impact evaluation using randomized control trial was launched to test the impact of two potential interventions to address…

Nahla Zeitoun|
Gender, Governance, Jobs & Development, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Managing supply and demand: The key to getting ‘housing’ right in Pakistan

March 10th, 2022 marks an important milestone in the World Bank Group’s support to Pakistan in its land and housing sectors, with the approval of three complementary investments. This trilogy of…

Namoos Zaheer, Shahnaz Arshad, Dongkyu Kwak|
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Gender, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Urban Development

What does climate change mean for indigenous women and their livelihoods in Nepal?

What does climate change mean for indigenous women and their livelihoods in Nepal?

Jaya Sharma, Tracy Ghale, Sarah Subba|
Climate Change, Gender, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

A sustainable green recovery for Uganda depends on women

Uganda has an opportunity to build a greener, more sustainable economy by harnessing the skills and talents of women, according to a new report, Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis in Uganda…

Alys Willman, Margaret Arnold|
Gender, Social Sustainability and Inclusion
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Social Sustainability and Inclusion