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The World Bank has been working with Nigeria to reduce the high rate of poverty, create better human capital, diversify the country's revenue through non-oil sectors, and help with economic management. Up until 2004, the World Bank was slow to release funds and most projects were relatively going slow and have proved unsatisfactory.
The Gender Strategy 2024-2030, unveiled during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Washington, has set goals by 2030 that aim to enable 300 million more women to use ...
As an NGO, Women's World Banking (WWB) partners with financial institutions and policymakers to design and develop solutions and programs that facilitate systemic change for women. As an investor, WWB Asset Management advances women in the workplace and as customers through direct equity to bring financial security, prosperity and independence ...
In Nigeria, the effect of women empowerment can be measured using indices such as education, literacy rate, employment, and leadership roles. [7] Lynne Featherstone has said that "High rates of maternal mortality and violence against women make Nigeria one of the toughest places in the world to be born a girl". [8]
Saudi Arabia's score increased from 35.9 in 2010 to 39.7 in 2012 mainly due to a ministerial order that included equal remuneration for men and women. [2] [3] In 2019, the index was superseded by the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law index.
She was the Treasurer and a Vice President of the World Bank (2015–2018). She became the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Nigeria in January 2010. [1] In this position she was responsible for regulation of Nigeria's capital markets, including the Nigerian Stock Exchange. [2]
The World Bank Institute is the capacity development branch of the World Bank, providing learning and other capacity-building programs to member countries. The IBRD has 189 member governments, and the other institutions have between 153 and 184. [2] The institutions of the World Bank Group are all run by a board of governors meeting once a year ...
Nigeria has a long history of gender inequality and discrimination against women. Women in Nigeria face a number of challenges, including limited access to education, health care, and economic opportunities. [8] Women are also disproportionately affected by poverty, violence, and other forms of discrimination.