Women in South Asia face greater barriers to accessing quality jobs than men. Digital job platforms could help reduce this gap. SAR GIL’s new report, Making Job Platforms Work for Women, shares solutions for fairer, more inclusive job platforms. Join: bit.ly/3KPPg7D

This week in Dhaka we presented the World Bank SAR GIL’s diagnostic on women’s economic empowerment in #Bangladesh. The report highlights persistent gender gaps and provides a toolkit to support inclusive reforms. Read the full report: documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...

Collectively the world's poorest countries contribute ~0 to US trade deficit, but exports to US are very important for some of them. Current US tariffs and (even more) tariff uncertainty very bad for them. A cheap and powerful diplomatic win would be to exempt them. www.cgdev.org/blog/proposa...

If you're young and are interested in international development, it is hard to beat doing an ODI Fellowship careers.odi.org/postings/71e... It is a rare opportunity for foreigners to work as a civil servant in a low or lower-middle income country Why is this a good idea? 👇

Women-led businesses experience barriers to their growth & sustainability. The Inter-American Development Bank Group knowledge initiative on gender and diversity, #GDLab and #WeFi are looking for researchers interested in policies that promote their growth . Proposals by May 12: gdlab.iadb.org/call

📢Call for Papers: Joint @g2lmlic.bsky.social /BREAD/path2dev dev econ conference at LUMS (Lahore/Pakistan) on Sep 11-13 Including mentoring feature for young scholars from South Asia by BREAD fellows Submit by May 15 here: conference.iza.org/GLMLIC_BREAD...

🌊WEESA's March Digest dives into women & water: 💧 Water scarcity and WASH challenges 💧 Gender gaps in decision-making 💧 Why it's important to tap into all available talent 📬 Read it here: shorturl.at/4bK8r ✨ Subscribe & join the community: forms.gle/zyBgWH3AXrgb...

In today’s episode of VoxDevTalks, @katevyborny.bsky.social addresses a central question in development: Can women be incentivized into entering the labor market? Evidence from #Pakistan suggests that access to safe transport is key to tapping into a large segment of the country’s workforce:

🆕 How safe transport could unlock women’s labour force participation in Pakistan Today on VoxDev, @katevyborny.bsky.social (World Bank) discusses the impacts of a women-only transport intervention in urban Pakistan: voxdev.org/topic/infras...

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📢 Thrilled to announce the 3rd Diversity and Human Capital Workshop on June 16-17, 2025 at the University of Exeter, featuring keynotes by Josh Angrist, Patricia Cortes, and Imran Rasul! Stay tuned for the Call for Papers—coming soon! See more info here: bit.ly/3OQ5eNx

The Inter-American Development Bank is forming a poverty group, with multiple staff positions. Lead Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Great opportunity to help shape the organization's operational & analytical work around poverty reduction.

I put together an overview of recent developments in the literature on gender-based violence for @AEAjournals There's enough material for 2x 1.5hr lectures. I've covered the material in labor & gender economics classes I hope they can be helpful! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ea7v9...

Looking forward to co-organizing one of BFI's most popular conferences again! And this year, we were super duper lucky to nab @seema.bsky.social as the keynote speaker :) More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event... Submission deadline: Feb 28 Please please RT and share with your networks!