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  • Deciding Not to Decide : When Is There Power in Not Deciding ? (English)

    Agency—the ability to define one’s own goals and make choices to achieve them—is often measured through questions that capture an individual’s direct involvement in decision-making. Yet not participating...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS11065 Document Date: February 18, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hillesland,Marya,Doss,Cheryl R.,Masino,Serena,Querejeta,Martina,Aletheia Amalia Donald,Seymour,Greg,Clingain,Clare

  • How Culturally Wise Psychological Interventions Help Reduce Poverty (English)

    Poverty is multidimensional, associated not only with a lack of financial resources, but also often social-psychological constraints, such as diminished agency and aspirations. Through a series of field...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10824 Document Date: June 26, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Thomas,Catherine,Patrick Premand,Thomas Bossuroy,Sambo,Soumaila Abdoulaye,Markus,Hazel,Walton,Gregory


  • Unraveling the Factors behind Women's Empowerment in the Labor Market in Colombia (English)

    This paper examines the evolution of Colombian women's participation in the labor market from 1960 to 2018, shedding light on the complex factors that influence their labor opportunities. The study emphasizes...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10653 Document Date: December 19, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Iregui-Bohórquez,Ana María,Melo-Becerra,Ligia Alba,Ramírez-Giraldo,María Teresa,Ana Maria Tribin Uribe,Zárate-Solano,Héctor M.




  • Egypt youth engagement : summary note (English)

    Egypt is a country of mostly young people, many of which were decisive in bringing about political change in recent years. As a country of 90 million, with half the population under 25 years of age, Egypt...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: ACS22455 Document Date: June 30, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lechtenfeld,Tobias Andreas

  • South Asia gender innovation lab : call for proposals (English)

    The South Asia gender innovation lab was set up at the World Bank Group (WBG) in 2014 to expand evidence on what works towards addressing key gender challenges and reducing gender inequalities in the region...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 114803 Document Date: November 7, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • South Asia regional gender action plan (RGAP): FY16-FY21 - June 2016 (English)

    The South Asia Regional Gender Action Plan FY 16-21 (RGAP) applies a gender lens to the World Bank Group (WBG's) work in the region. In doing so, it outlines a path to enhance the potential of women and...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 112879 Document Date: June 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • World - Gender and development : IDA18 special theme (English)

    A new World Bank Group (WBG) gender strategy was presented to the Board of Executive Directors in December 2015. Based on consultations with more than thousand stakeholders in twenty two countries from...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: ACS19774 Document Date: May 27, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Geiser,Barbara


  • Increasing citizen agency through deliberation (English)

    Development is not only a matter of technocratic solutions prescribed by international organizations. Increasing development effectiveness means including in the process of policy making the perspectives...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 104093 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:



  • Voice and agency : empowering women and girls for shared prosperity (English)

    This report on voice and agency, which builds on the 2012 World Development Report, focuses on several areas key to women's empowerment: freedom from violence, control over sexual and reproductive health...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 91161 Document Date: October 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hanmer,Lucia C.,Hasan,Tazeen,Klugman,Jeni,Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane,Santamaria Bonilla,Julieth Andrea,Twigg,Sarah


  • Empowering Women – Where Does Europe and Central Asia Stand? (English)

    This brief focuses on the World Bank report entitled “Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity”, specifically as it pertains to the status of women in the Europe and Central Asia...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 180184 Document Date: May 20, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • World Bank Champions Equality for Women in Romania (Romanian)

    Romania has made significant progress in improving gender equity over the last fifty years, but serious challenges still remain. Recent reports by the World Bank Group and IFC, the World Economic Forum...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 180646 Document Date: April 2, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • World Bank Champions Equality for Women in Romania (English)

    Romania has made significant progress in improving gender equity over the last fifty years, but serious challenges still remain. Recent reports by the World Bank Group and IFC, the World Economic Forum...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 180647 Document Date: April 2, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank