The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the ...

This volume offers a simple, systematic guide to creating a knowledge sharing practice in your organization. It shows how to build the enabling environment and develop the skills needed to capture and ...

Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common, under-recognized, underestimated and under-reported ...

Progress toward this goal faces challenges due to limitations in the execution and allocation of the country's health budget.

This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership—including on boards of directors and in senior management—to improve overall company ...

By combining two complementary approaches, the gravity model and the Bartik model, this paper estimates: (i) the ...

Climatic shocks exacerbate consumption volatility and seasonality. When facing fluctuations in labor needs and prices, low-income rural households may rationally increase their consumption during ...

About the Series From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering efficacious health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and ...

Building a skilled and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is crucial for economic development, cross-border trade, and social inclusion in South Asia. However, ...

The Maldivian economy relies heavily on tourism and fisheries; the labor gap persists. This study seeks to understand these dynamics and propose concrete solutions to foster gender-equitable value ...

This report explores how scarce public resources can be used most effectively to achieve universal delivery of water supply and sanitation services. It analyzes the prevalence and performance of ...

Digital business training offers flexibility and scalability, but translating these features into tangible benefits for women ...