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CGD NOTE
July 31, 2025
In 2014, G20 leaders committed to reducing the gender labor force participation gap by 25 percent by 2025 to boost global growth and reduce inequality, leading to a decade of policy efforts across countries. As the target year approaches, only nine G20 countries have met the specific reduction goal,...
CGD NOTE
July 09, 2025
It is reasonable to argue that the IDA results measurement framework needed reform when donors negotiated IDA21. By IDA20, the framework lacked cohesion and included more than 1,000 programmatic funding targets, only a few of which had corresponding indicators showing any connection between inputs (...
CGD NOTE
June 13, 2025
Early marriage remains common in many parts of the world and is linked to negative outcomes for women and their children, especially among girls from poor households. While economic insecurity and social norms often drive families to prioritize early marriage over continued education, evidence shows...
WORKING PAPER
May 22, 2025
In many parts of the world, women’s land rights remain informal, leaving widows—especially those without a male heir—at high risk of losing access to their land and homes when their husbands die. We study whether large-scale land formalization programs can improve widows’ tenure security, using data...
WORKING PAPER
January 17, 2024
The IMF is filling a critical gap in its mandate by mainstreaming gender into its work. Closing gender gaps is macro-critical because they go hand-in-hand with higher economic growth, greater financial stability, and lower income inequality. Applying a gender lens to macroeconomic, financial, and st...
WORKING PAPER
December 06, 2023
Women’s credit constraints are related to gender differentials at the levels of the individual, the household, or the community. While constraints at the individual level tend to erase as women increase their wealth and business experience to match those of men, constraints that emerge from women’s ...
WORKING PAPER
November 27, 2023
International financial institutions (IFIs) appear to agree that quality of policymaking sees gains from diversifying the body of policymakers, all issuing diversity, equity, and inclusion statements. But how do these institutions perform when it comes to their own staff— do they lead by example? We...
