Learning by Doing: The Social Observatory
The Social Observatory in the World Bank's India office aims to connect the Bank's research department with projects being implemented on the ground.
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New World Bank Study Finds Large Gender Gaps in Access to Formal Banking
Women are 15 percent less likely than men to have a bank account | The gender gap is largest among those living in extreme poverty | Legal discrimination is major hurdle to financial inclusion for women.
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The 6th International Conference on Migration and Development
Planned for May 18-19, 2013, the conference will take place at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. The theme is channels through which international migration affects economic and social outcomes of developing countries.
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Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference
The conference, May 13-14, will bring together academics and development practitioners to discuss the challenges of urbanization in view of rural-urban structural transformation. Organized by the World Bank and the George Washington University-Institute for International Economic Policy.
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Coastal wetlands highly vulnerable to sea-level rise
Sea-level rise by a meter from climate change could destroy more than 60 percent of the developing world's coastal wetlands currently found at one meter or less elevation.
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