Digital Cash Transfers in Times of COVID-19 : Opportunities and Considerations for Women's Inclusion and Empowerment (English)

Around the world, women are being hit hard by the economic impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus). As the fallout from the pandemic deepens, so do the short and longer term effects on women's empowerment. The insecurity and lack of social protection that characterize informal, temporary, unpaid labor put millions of women and their families at extreme risk: in many developing countries, most women in paid work were working informally - around 95 percent...

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Zimmerman,Jamie Melissa;

May,Maria;

Kellison,Elizabeth;

Klugman,Jeni;
Document Date
2020/08/01
Document Type
Working Paper
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151472
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2020/08/05
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Disclosed
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Digital Cash Transfers in Times of COVID-19 : Opportunities and Considerations for Women's Inclusion and Empowerment

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Zimmerman,Jamie Melissa; May,Maria; Kellison,Elizabeth; Klugman,Jeni.

Digital Cash Transfers in Times of COVID-19 : Opportunities and Considerations for Women's Inclusion and Empowerment (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/378931596643390083

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