World Bank [to 27 February 2016]
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Opinion
Closing the Gender Gap: Lessons from Africa
February 25, 2016
Makhtar Diop and Cristina Duarte The Huffington Post
We hear that girls in Africa don’t have the same opportunities as boys to get a decent education, that discrimination is shutting women out of the jobs and assets they need to provide a better standard of living for their families, that the benefits of economic growth are being wiped out because women are having too many children, and that thousands of women are dying in childbirth because they don’t have access to basic healthcare.
While all of these things are true, they also hide something that you rarely hear – that Africa has been making significant progress and even has a thing or two to teach the rest of the world…

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World Bank Ready to Support Fijian Government Following Tropical Cyclone Winston
SYDNEY, February 21 2016 – The World Bank is deeply concerned for the people of Fiji as reports come in about the damage caused by Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston. The World Bank’s disaster risk management…
Date: February 21, 2016 Type: Press Release Language: English