Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Girls’ economic wellbeing is critical to their overall wellbeing and safe transitions to adulthood. Social protection can turn the tide for adolescent girls by allowing families to invest in their health and education. There is particular promise in...
Location:
America, United States
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
To promote awareness and use of Universal Child Benefits (UCBs) as an effective means to reduce child poverty and support child development, the International Labour Organization (ILO), Save the Children and UNICEF will launch a new tool, the Global Child...
Location:
America, United States
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 to Friday, March 31, 2023
BACKGROUND TO THE WORKING GROUP
The Food Systems Summit Coalition and USP2030 Working Group (WG) on Social Protection and Food Systems Transformation was established in the aftermath of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (FSS) held in September 2021, as a...
Location:
America, United States
Thursday, October 21, 2021
In view of the COVID-19 situation, the 9th Global Affordable Housing Conference will be postponed to 2021.
The biennial Global Affordable Housing Conference, hosted by the World Bank Group, is the foremost global event for affordable housing. As a well-...
Location:
America, United States
Thursday, December 03, 2020 to Friday, December 04, 2020
On December 3-4, 2020, Innovations for Poverty Action, the Trinity Impact Evaluation Unit, the Gender Innovation Lab at the World Bank, and Concern Worldwide will hold a two-day virtual conference to cover the latest findings in research on multifaceted...
Location:
America, United States
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Focusing on resilience, the World Youth Skills Day 2020 will take stock of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on skills development and explore strategies in response to the unfolding economic crisis. This entails preparing young people with the capacities to...
Location:
America, United States
Monday, March 09, 2020 to Friday, March 20, 2020
In 2020, the global community will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). A five-year milestone will be reached towards achieving the Sustainable...
Location:
America, United States
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
Universal basic income (UBI) is emerging as one of the most hotly debated issues in development and social protection policy. But what are the features of UBI? What is it meant to achieve? How do we know, and what don’t we know, about its performance? What...
Location:
America, United States
Friday, January 03, 2020 to Sunday, January 05, 2020
Paper Session: Financial Intermediation in Emerging Economies
Chair and Organizer: Sergio Schmukler
Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM)
Session Organized by The World Bank Group Research and Development Center in Chile
Location:
America, United States
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
The monthly Policy Research Talks showcase the latest findings of the World Bank’s research department, challenge and contribute to the institution’s intellectual climate, and re-examine conventional wisdom in current development theories and practice. These...
Location:
America, United States