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Date Time World Bank and UN Women Launch Course on Managing Gender Equality in Transportation Open-access online program seeks to empower users to apply solutions to gender inequality and raise awareness. WASHINGTON, MARCH 5 2021-A first-of-its-kind course presented by the World Bank and UN Women will examine the often-invisible gender issues surrounding mobility in the transport sector. Barriers to transportation, and to jobs in the transport sector, mean diminished mobility and fewer opportunities for women. Limited access to jobs, healthcare and education is not only bad for women and girl...
Bennett Oghifo The World Bank Group has recommended that governments ensure full disclosure in respect of infrastructure projects proposed for public-private partnerships (PPPs) to remove elements of suspicion and to encourage acceptance. Nigerian governments, federal and states, have been struggling, unsuccessfully so far, to evolve sustainable PPPs, making it imperative for them to heed the World Bank’s advice. “At the World Bank Group, we believe that information is critical when governments make decisions about what infrastructure projects to prioritise; how people, businesses, and th...
When it comes to PPPs, ignorance is not bliss Image depicting a person performing an audit | © Shutterstock, create jobs 51 What you don’t know, can’t hurt you. Or so the saying goes. But when it comes to prioritizing and procuring infrastructure projects, ignorance is not bliss! At the World Bank Group, we believe that information is critical when governments make decisions about what infrastructure projects to prioritize; how people, businesses, and the environment will be affected; and which procurement method best meets government goals and public needs. Like other procurement method...