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Blog Post
August 18, 2022
Last month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board approved the institution’s first Gender Mainstreaming Strategy. This is good news—and the process used by the IMF gender team to draft and seek feedback on the strategy bodes well for the implementation of this important work. But the proof of...
Aug
2
2022
9:30—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 1:30 - 3:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 2:30 - 4:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
July 15, 2022
In recent years, donors and governments have given more attention to promoting women's economic empowerment as a development priority, but the extent to which rhetoric has translated into increased financing remains unclear.
Jul
28
2022
9:00—10:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 1:00 - 2:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 2:00 - 3:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
July 14, 2022
When COVID-19 first emerged, leaders scrambled to design and implement a mechanism to facilitate the global vaccine rollout with urgency and without precedent. In April 2020, the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and other organizations launched CO...
Blog Post
July 05, 2022
If the objective is to grow women’s businesses by providing capital infusions, programs can nudge women to invest more of their capital in their own businesses by making accessible capital in-kind (and less likely to be easily divided) or providing access to individual accounts through mobile bankin...
Jul
19
2022
10:00—11:15 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) / 2:00 - 3:15pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 3:00 - 4:15pm British Summer Time (BST)
June 30, 2022
Beyond microfinance, there is a wide range of interventions and policies that financial actors can take to reach and benefit women in low- and middle-income countries, as well as promote sustainable, inclusive economic development
CGD NOTES
June 28, 2022
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting global recession, researchers have documented the economic impacts of the crisis, including in the form of individuals’ lost employment and income and increased poverty and food insecurity within households. To respond to these impacts, about 20...
Blog Post
June 16, 2022
As the world fights to extract itself from the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of women in the global economy has been correctly cited as an important source for future economic growth. Women took to the front lines over the past two years – in their roles as doctors, nurses and scientists, home provide...
Blog Post
June 14, 2022
CGD's Megan O'Donnell speaks with coauthors Patience Marime-Ball (Women of the World Endowment) and Ruth Shaber (Tara Health Foundation) about the data backing the economic benefits of gender inclusivity, the work that went into creating their new book, and their recommendations for unlocking higher...
Blog Post
April 20, 2022
Two years into a global pandemic, the world is still trying to contain the virus as well as make up lost ground on economic and social progress, especially for women and girls. We have identified three priority areas to promote an inclusive recovery and improve women’s well-being and reduce gender ...