Women's Economic Empowerment

The Women, Business and the Law program at the World Bank has done a wonderful job of cataloguing the thousands of legal restrictions worldwide that constrain women’s abilities to be equal participants in the economy—from legislation mandating women ask a male family member for permissio...

We know that technology—especially emerging technology on decentralized ID—has a huge potential in combating both these issues. We also know that technology has a huge gender problem worldwide.  

Eight years and millions of mobile financial transactions later, we came together again at a private CGD roundtable in London to discuss the potential of mobile banking and savings for women’s economic empowerment. We were pleased to hear the richness of research evidence and interventions on ...

Former president of Malawi Joyce Banda on how leaders are made, the challenges she faced as Malawi's first women president, and how the development community can help African girls reach their full potential. 

One lucky winner will receive Former Malawian President Joyce Banda’s new book, From Day One: Why Supporting Girls Aged 0 to 10 Is Critical to Change Africa’s Path? All you have to do to enter is sign up for CGD’s weekly development update before August 1, 2018.

“This child is going to be a leader.” This is what a friend of my father said when I was eight years old. As I recount in a new book—From Day One: Why Supporting Girls Aged 0 to 10 Is Critical to Change Africa’s Path—many African girls are not that lucky.