Unlocking the potential of women entrepreneurs is vital for inclusive economic growth. The Entrepreneurship Database by World Bank and @WeFi_Official provides critical insights into the gender gap in #entrepreneurship worldwide.

WBG Gender

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🫶Learn how World Bank, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, #DRC 's National Commission for Refugees, and DRC Social Fund helped ~71,000 people in 🇨🇩DRC receive social assistance & services.

#InvestinPeople World BankAfrica

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Venezuelans living in 🇨🇱 Chile, 🇨🇴 Colombia, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, and 🇵🇪 Peru are generally young and skilled. How can institutional arrangements and policies promote their inclusion and unlock economic opportunities for these countries?

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Scaling up investment in the development of a quality care economy can be a game-changer for 🇲🇩 #Moldova , nurturing its domestic labor market and propelling sustainable economic growth in the near and long term.

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🗣️ Facilitating jobs is 'the single best way to drive the nail in the coffin of poverty,' said World Bank's President #AjayBanga at the IMF discussing policy action in low-income countries and the role of the international community.

Kristalina Georgieva

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To make growth 📈 more resilient and sustained, countries in #SouthAsia need policies to boost private investment and strengthen employment growth.

World Bank South Asia

#SADU

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Jobs are crucial drivers of global economic development. At World Bank, we prioritize job creation in the green transition and harness technology to generate employment opportunities, especially for marginalized groups.

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Did you know the positive outlook on 🤖 #AI is accompanied by potential labor shocks, mainly due to job displacement, which can consequently generate stress for developing economies? But there is a way to harness #data and #AI for good.

@WorldBankData

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Adaptive #socialprotection has great potential to address chronic hunger and malnutrition at scale by ensuring access to 🥦 food, 🏥 health, and 🍲 nutrition services for those most vulnerable. Learn more from Anne Beathe Tvinnereim & Mamta Murthi

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💦 Women’s equal access to jobs in the water sector leads to a more equitable society that can lift everyone out of poverty. Yet men hold 79% of jobs in water utilities & comprise 78% of engineers and 76% of managers.

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#IDAWorks : Did you know that #SocialProtection programs are particularly beneficial for women, expanding their opportunities to participate in the labor force, increasing knowledge & financial literacy, & contributing to reducing gender-based violence?

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#DevelopmentPodcast : 🇹🇩 Chad spends $500 million annually to sustain Sudanese refugees. If it lets the refugees work, it will pay $200 million. If it allows them to move to places with jobs, the cost will go down to only $120 million a year.

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Long way to go to #AccelerateEquality on the labor market worldwide. Women only account for a 1/4 of business owners and directors, representing less than 2/5 of sole proprietors.

WBG Gender

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Ghanaian cocoa farmers are succeeding in reversing deforestation with nature-based solutions, such as planting shade trees to reduce ground heat and pruning cocoa plants. This boosts the productivity and sustainability of cocoa farms.

World Bank Africa

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We are excited to welcome 40 global youth finalists to the World Bank Youth Innovation Challenge: Water Solutions for a New Climate Reality Pitch Perfect session! 🌍💧 Finalists practiced their pitches with mentors Alexei Levene, Jonquil Hackenberg, and Talajeh Livani.

A farmer & community leader from Guaviare Department in the Colombian Amazon’s northern fringes, María’s occupation used to be centered on coca leaf cultivation, a practice driving deforestation & violence.

Today, she has a different story.
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Women in Senegal 🇸🇳 are putting a new spin on rice farming techniques to resist climate change and ensure food security—and reinventing themselves through entrepreneurship and activism.

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Kazakhstan🇰🇿 has more women in the workplace than similar countries, and they are strongly engaged in professional positions but are paid less and are less likely to be in leadership positions.

Can this change?

World Bank Europe and Central Asia

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Be like Thailand 🇹🇭! Thailand has the highest share of female sole proprietors and is the second economy with the highest share of business owners and directors.

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What can a year of IDA do?

🌊Tackle climate risks
♀️ Close gender gaps
🌾Boost food security
📚Expand education access
👩🏽‍⚕️Improve health services
🛠️Create jobs
☀️Reduce poverty

See how #IDAworks to produce meaningful results and impact➡
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