, emerging priorities, and provides a detailed region-by-region picture of performance in the developing regions of the world … empowerment of women (the third MDG) and the special problems of fragile states, where extreme poverty is increasingly … concentrated. The report, which is jointly issued by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, argues that gender …

Daring the Difference: The Three L's of Women's Empowerment. Speech delivered by IMF Managing Director Christine …