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Gains in Financial Inclusion, Gains for a Sustainable World

Rapid changes and innovations in technology have been driving financial access and inclusion. The World Bank Group is on target to achieve its commitment of reaching 1 billion new account holders.

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BUILDING BACK BETTER

A new report explores how countries can strengthen their resilience to natural shocks through a better reconstruction process.

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WORK OR FAMILY?

Having a child under age five at home makes Sri Lankan women 7.4% less likely to join the labor force than women without young children.

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Gabon's Digital Revolution

Gabon rose 10 places in 2017 in the world ICT classification and is now the sixth most-connected country on the African continent.

In just a few years, Gabon has made spectacular strides in internet access, and billboards of this type now saturate cities across the country. © Odilia Hebga/World Bank

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Globally, countries are losing $160 trillion in wealth because of differences in lifetime earnings between women and men. This amounts to an average of $23,620 for each person in the 141 countries studied by the World Bank Group in a new report.

The study, Unrealized Potential: The High Cost of Gender Inequality in Earnings, examines the economic cost of gender inequality in lost human capital. Read More>>

A lot of progress has been made over the past few years toward extending financial access and the number of unbanked adults has fallen to 1.7 billion, according to the latest Findex data. The number of unbanked people continues to fall, even when accounting for population growth. Read More.

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