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Blog Post
June 05, 2024
In 2015 the nations of the world agreed at the United Nations on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached by 2030. The SDGs are the closest the world has come to a definable and measurable global social contract.
The SDGs do not constitute a legally binding contract; there are no pen...
Blog Post
May 14, 2024
In an organization like the World Bank that has long favored men in their hiring process, most senior managers will be men because organizations prefer to promote from `within’ at the senior level. Suppose that, recognizing the need to diversify, the Bank starts hiring more women at entry-level posi...
Blog Post
April 18, 2024
Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and addressing global challenges will require a step change in private investment in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Only a small fraction of the trillions in private assets under management are currently directed to EMDEs.
Blog Post
April 17, 2024
In the wake of COVID and amidst global crises, care has increasingly become recognized as a global issue critical for sustainable development and gender equality. Yet, there are still massive gaps in care policies, services, and financing, and there is much more work that needs to happen to ensure u...
Blog Post
March 12, 2024
There is no way that poverty can be fully tackled without policies designed to address the multiple disadvantages faced by people due to the combination of ascribed attributes including gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, migration status, and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). And...
Blog Post
March 05, 2024
Social safety nets, including cash, in-kind, and asset transfers are at the forefront of government efforts to tackle poverty and inequalities—including in response to crises brought on by conflict, climate, and public health emergencies. There are acknowledged gender dimensions to the design and im...
WORKING PAPERS
March 05, 2024
Social safety nets can enhance women’s economic inclusion and agency, but their impacts vary by intervention type. Challenges remain in implementing gender-sensitive designs, and data gaps for certain regions, contexts and outcomes should be closed in future evaluations.
Blog Post
February 26, 2024
As policymakers and financiers set their priorities for 2024, we gathered a group of experts who've been working on pandemics and pandemic financing from a range of perspectives including epidemiology, economics, insurance, policy, and advocacy. The purpose of our event was to map out the next steps...
Blog Post
December 14, 2023
CGD's Eeshani Kandpal speaks with the Interamerican Development Bank's Ana María Ibáñez about her recent report on women economists in Latin America, the reflection of cultural norms in education and the workplace, and the importance of role models and mentors in shaping expectations.
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December 14, 2023
CGD's Eeshani Kandpal speaks with the Interamerican Development Bank's Ana María Ibáñez about her recent report on women economists in Latin America, the reflection of cultural norms in education and the workplace, and the importance of role models and mentors in shaping expectations.