#ItsMonday 🙌🏾 #DYK 💡

Digital technology is also a green solution!🌱🌐 By 2050, it could slash emissions by 20% in the top three highest-emitting sectors—energy⚡, materials, and transportation✈️ wrld.bg/ytSX50RmZJX

#GreenTech #Sustainability

#FinancialInclusion ♀️

Policymakers, close the #gendergap with:
🚀 Gender-intentional policies
🔍 Sex-disaggregated data
🔥 Education & empowerment
🛠️ Equality-driven product design
🏗️ Inclusive financial infrastructure

More: wrld.bg/NP6T50RhRzF

Financial institutions can help address gender disparities in access to services by promoting tailored🚺 products & advocating for fair regulations & legal⚖️equality. Let's #CloseTheGenderGap with inclusive💪🏽 financial systems: wrld.bg/J8My50RhQeW

#FinancialInclusion

#DYK 💡 #GenderEquality

Hurdles women🚺 face to access financial services:
⚠️Limited financial knowledge
⚠️Lack of ID documents
⚠️Societal & cultural barriers ‍♀️
⚠️Unequal access to technology
MORE: wrld.bg/UpLx50RhPI0

#FinancialInclusion

Why gender balance in water sector workforce matters: Women prioritize water quality, resource conservation, and sustainability. Their equal participation boosts GDP and lifts families out of poverty💪🏾. A blog: wrld.bg/Il4S50Rg6Om

#GenderEquality 🚰💼 #Sustainability

Data shows that with fast internet📡 people are 13% more likely to have a job💪🏾 and businesses can quadruple exports!💰 In Senegal and Nigeria, 3G coverage led to a 10% and 4.3% drop in extreme poverty: wrld.bg/77q950RmYJi

#BridgeTheDigitalDivide

#CloseTheGenderGap in water sector 🚰👩‍🔬🌟

Evidence shows that private companies with more workforce diversity perform better—they've lower staff turnover, are more innovative, enjoy better governance + deliver products and services more effectively: wrld.bg/eYKm50Rg6p1

#DYK 😟
#GenderGap 👨‍🔧🚰

Water jobs are heavily male-dominated, with men holding 79% of utility jobs, 78% of engineering roles, & 76% of managerial positions. Reasons include educational disparities & societal norms favoring men in STEM fields: wrld.bg/BLw650Rg5Vq

Boosting primary/secondary school enrollment & youth literacy enhances the impact of economic growth on household welfare💪🏾. Electricity, water, & sanitation access are crucial too. Conversely, conflicts & resource dependence hinder welfare progress. More: wrld.bg/ig6Q50Rg4Vu

💡 #DYK 📡

Embracing digitalization is a must. Critical services (hospitals, schools, energy, etc.) rely on connectivity. Access to the internet & digital skills unlocks a more inclusive, resilient, & sustainable💪🏾 future for all: wrld.bg/ffBO50RmWro

#DigitalForGood

Economic growth📈 in Sub-Saharan #Africa is not sufficiently translating into poverty reduction. Fixing this broken link between growth and poverty may lie⚙️ in the basics: Education, basic infrastructure, and social stability. Learn MORE💡: wrld.bg/jY2W50Rg3Y7

📌 #DYK : #Equality is good business economics!

WOMEN👩🏾‍🦱...
🎯50% of the world.
⚠️Underrepresented in leadership (heads of state, corporate boards).

❗️The case for #GenderEquality has never been more compelling: It could raise GDP by 20%! Learn MORE: wrld.bg/U3XC50RhWFV

#DYK 💡
Sub-Saharan #Africa saw 15 years of turbocharged growth💰🚀 between 1999 and 2014, slashing poverty from 57% to 38%. But in the last decade, growth faltered. By 2022, per capita GDP was lower than in 2014, sparking fears of another lost decade: wrld.bg/W1wW50Rg2Ol

#FinancialInclusion ♀️

Policymakers, close the #gendergap with:
🚀 Gender-intentional policies
🔍 Sex-disaggregated data
🔥 Education & empowerment
🛠️ Equality-driven product design
🏗️ Inclusive financial infrastructure

More: wrld.bg/NP6T50RhRzF

To unlock sustained growth📈, #Tanzania needs to prioritize business-friendly reforms: cut✂️red tape, simplify licensing, and empower the private sector💼💪: wrld.bg/7gp250QFzw3.

More solutions from our recent diagnostic in this video explainer🎥👇🏾

By the end of 2024, people in more than one out of every four developing countries will remain poorer on average than they were on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic.🥹 Yet policymakers overlook a transformative🚀 economic force: women.💪🏽
wrld.bg/EbSA50RhSMC

Financial institutions can help address gender disparities in access to services by promoting tailored🚺 products & advocating for fair regulations & legal⚖️equality. Let's #CloseTheGenderGap with inclusive💪🏽 financial systems: wrld.bg/J8My50RhQeW

#FinancialInclusion

Why gender balance in water sector workforce matters: Women prioritize water quality, resource conservation, and sustainability. Their equal participation boosts GDP and lifts families out of poverty💪🏾. A blog: wrld.bg/Il4S50Rg6Om

#GenderEquality 🚰💼 #Sustainability

#DYK 💡 #GenderEquality

Hurdles women🚺 face to access financial services:
⚠️Limited financial knowledge
⚠️Lack of ID documents
⚠️Societal & cultural barriers ‍♀️
⚠️Unequal access to technology
MORE: wrld.bg/UpLx50RhPI0

#FinancialInclusion

Thank you, Kuduishe. We appreciate your participation and this contribution to a critical ongoing discussion. We look forward to your continued engagement🙌🏾💪🏾

Nathan Belete