High risk that gender inequalities will widen during and after the pandemic is gains in women's and girls' accumulation … of human capital, economic empowerment, and voice and agency, may be reversed if no action is taken. Women labor force … participation is concentrated in activities that are more sensitive to the crisis. Women are concentrated in sectors where they are …

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which …

trends in World Bank (WBG) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) activities in Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) countries over …

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …

Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women … policy on both women and men and to develop appropriate, evidence-based policies to ensure that trade helps to enhance … connections among the economic roles that women play as workers, consumers, and decision makers. Building on new analyses and new …

; while 2020 and early 2021 coincided with a global Coronavirus pandemic that further dampened prospects at both global and …