In Suriname, for every
young man out of
employment, education, or
training, there are 1.5 young
women in such situation.
Women represent just 42%
of total senior and middle
management positions.
Boys...
Type: BriefReport#: 197487Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Although slowly declining, Jamaica’s adolescent fertility
rate is higher than the average for upper-middle
income countries. 7% of women have
experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner
violence...
Type: BriefReport#: 197472Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
While 26% of male tertiary
graduates in Honduras earn
degrees in STEM programs, the
share among women is only 9%.
Although slowly declining,
adolescent fertility in
Honduras remains among
the highest...
Type: BriefReport#: 197478Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Adolescent fertility in Panama
is 6 times higher than the
average for countries in the
same income group.
While 22.6% of male tertiary
graduates earn degrees in
STEM programs, the share
among women...
Type: BriefReport#: 197483Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Zambia is simultaneously amongst the poorest and the most unequal countries in the world. In 2022, 64.3 percent of the population - about 12.6 million individuals - was living on less than US$2.15 a day....
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 197380Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Zambia is simultaneously amongst the poorest and the most unequal countries in the world. In 2022, 64.3 percent of the population - about 12.6 million individuals - was living on less than US$2.15 a day....
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 197380Date: February 20, 2025Author:
Maria Gabriela Farfan Betran ;
Lina Marcela Cardona ;
Christopher Alexander Hoy ;
Valentina Martinez Pabon ;
Lyliana Gayoso
For every young man who is not working, studying, or in training,
there are 1.4 young women facing the same situation.
Women are 22 percentage points less likely than
men to be working or searching for...
Type: BriefReport#: 197477Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
While 36% of male tertiary
graduates in Mexico earn
degrees in STEM programs,
the share among women is
only 14%.
Women spend more than
twice the time on unpaid
domestic and care work
daily than...
Type: BriefReport#: 197481Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Young women in Peru are 6 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or in training. Women are 13 percentage
points more likely than men to have vulnerable...
Type: BriefReport#: 197484Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Boys in St. Vincent and
the Grenadines are 17
percentage points less likely
than girls to complete lower
secondary education.
Men are 7 percentage
points more likely than
women to have vulnerable...
Type: BriefReport#: 197490Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
In Bolivia, for every young man out of employment, education, or training there
are 2 young women in such situation. Teenage pregnancy is above the average for the region and for the same income group....
Type: BriefReport#: 197465Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Young men in Barbados are 6 percentage points more likely than young women to
be out of employment, not in education, or in training. Men are 13 percentage
points more likely than women to have vulnerable...
Type: BriefReport#: 197467Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
While 35% of male tertiary graduates in Colombia earn degrees in STEM programs,
the share among women is only 15%. For every young man out of employment, education,
or training there are around 2 young...
Type: BriefReport#: 197469Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
While 31% of male tertiary
graduates in Ecuador earn
degrees in STEM programs,
the share among women is
only 10%. The share of employed
people with vulnerable work
arrangements in Ecuador is
higher...
Type: BriefReport#: 197474Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
While 21% of male tertiary graduates in Grenada earn degrees in STEM programs, the share among women is only 12%.Women are 3 percentage points less likely than men to participate in the labor market. If...
Type: BriefReport#: 197475Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Although declining, Haiti’s
adolescent fertility rate
remains higher than the
average for lower-middle
income countries.
There is a 5.3 percentage
point gender gap in access
to a financial account...
Type: BriefReport#: 197479Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Although slowly declining,
St. Lucia’s adolescent
fertility rate remains higher
than the average for upper
middle-income countries.
Men are 11 percentage
points more likely than
women to be in vulnerable...
Type: BriefReport#: 197480Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in the Solomon Islands assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in
better understanding how the Solomon Islands stakeholders perceive the WBG. It provides
the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 197462Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
In Paraguay, for every young man out of employment, education, or training there are almost 3 young women in such situation. Despite improvements toward gender parity in access to accounts, financial inclusion...
Type: BriefReport#: 197485Date: February 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper explores the effect of road rehabilitation on violent conflict using a novel, rich dataset of road rehabilitation projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country received massive external...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11071Date: February 20, 2025Author:
Mathilde Lebrand ;
Mueller,Hannes ;
Schouten,Peer ;
Jevgenijs Steinbuks
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