The World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a global benchmarking project that provides comprehensive and comparable data on how laws, regulations, and policies affect women’s economic...
Family law has witnessed significant global progress over the past 50 years: Since 1970, 600 million women have gained economic opportunities through family law reforms. In 1970, only 37 economies had...
Ratings for the Nigeria for Women Project (NFWP) were as follows: outcome was moderately satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality was substantial...
This paper uses household survey data from 27 countries to assess sex-differentiated access to social protection programs and their impact on mitigating gender gaps in the labor market. The analysis includes...
The Women, Business and the Law Manual and Guide (WBL M&G) outlines the production and dissemination process for WBL reports and underlying data, serving as an official source of information for WBL Team...
This is a list of selected World Bank Group publications on childcare. It provides links to the documents, as well as bibliographical information.
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...
For every young man who is not working, studying, or in training, there are 1.4 young women facing the same situation. Women are 22 percentage points less likely than men to be working or searching for...
Access to finance and equal economic opportunities are crucial for female entrepreneurs, fostering business growth and economic participation. Drawing on interviews with key stakeholders involved in the...
This Brief examines issues related to women’s participation as workers, top managers, and owners of private firms in 27 European Union countries (EU-27), using the rich database of the World Bank Enterprise...
The objective of the Innovative Systems to Promote Integrated, Resilient, and Enhanced Responses to Women and Girls’ Health Project for Ethiopia is to improve women and girls’ health outcomes and strengthen...
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...
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...
The development objective of Sustainable Connectivity Project for Honduras is to improve climate-resilient and safe transport access in the northwestern region of Honduras and promote sustainable livelihoods...
Ratings for the Energy Efficiency Facility for Industrial Enterprises Project for Uzbekistan were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the Bank's performance was satisfactory, and the monitoring and...
Factsheet provides an overview of the gender sector in San Marino according to key performance indicators.
Factsheet provides an overview of the gender sector in Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) according to key performance indicators.
Factsheet provides an overview of the gender sector in Senegal according to key performance indicators.
Factsheet provides an overview of the gender sector in Singapore according to key performance indicators.
Factsheet provides an overview of the gender sector in Somalia according to key performance indicators.