As the world celebrates International Womens Day, we take a look at where we are on the march towards gender equality. How big is the gender gap and what would happen if we closed it? What are some stumbling blocks along this journey? And how can international organizations like the World Bank Group and IMF help achieve more progress?

Find out the answers to these questions and more as we speak with Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, Prime Minister of Togo; Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund; Tea Trumbic, World Bank Manager for the Women, Business and the Law project and Maryse Mbonyumutwa - CEO of Pink Mango and Founder of Asantii as they answer these questions and more on this month’s limited series episode of The Development Podcast.

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• Gita Gopinath , First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund 
• Tea Trumbic, World Bank Manager for the Women, Business and the Law project
• Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, Prime Minister of Togo
• Maryse Mbonyumutwa, CEO of Pink Mango and Founder of Asantii 

[00:00] Welcome and introduction of the topic

[04:35] Making progress on equal opportunity legislation: The case of Togo

[06:10] Visions from Rwanda: Women's empowerment and entrepreneurship

[10:12] Main insights from the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law report

[16:24] IMF: How international institutions are supporting women's rights and inclusion

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The World Bank is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for low-income countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.

The transition away from fossil fuels could create as many as 30 million ‘green’ jobs in clean energy and low-emissions technologies by 2030. So what is a ‘green job’? How can countries and companies support jobs that benefit people and the planet? And how can young people prepare for green jobs of the future? 

Find out the answers to these questions and more as we speak with Ashish Khanna, Practice Manager, Energy and Extractives, West and Central Africa, World Bank; Manoj Sinha, CEO, Husk Power; Anubha Shukla, Vice President, D2R, Husk Power; and Nidhi Pant, a 2023 winner of the UK’s Earthshot Prize and Co-Founder of S4S Technologies as they share their personal stories and examples on why investing in renewable energy is crucial in the fight to create world free of poverty on a livable planet.   

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• Ashish Khanna, Practice Manager, Energy and Extractives, West and Central Africa, World Bank
• Manoj Sinha, CEO, Husk Power
• Anubha Shukla, Vice President, D2R, Husk Power
• Nidhi Pant, a 2023 winner of the UK’s Earthshot Prize and Co-Founder of S4S Technologies

[00:00] Welcome and introduction of the topic

[02:49] Case study: S4S Technologies, green jobs and value chains

[07:27] Case study: Husk Power Systems, gender, renewable power industry, green transition and jobs

[11:28] Personal story: Starting a career and a business in the renewable energy sector

[15:10] Nigeria and the Distributed Access Through Renewable Energy (DARES) Program

[19:11] The link between green jobs and renewable energy

[20:03] DARES Nigeria project: Access to electricity and green jobs

[22:43] Business models: The role of the local community in terms of innovation

[24:41] Overlapping crisis: Green jobs as a part of the recovery to create stability in the world

[26:26] Closure

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The World Bank is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for low-income countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.

Forced displacement is a development challenge, not only a humanitarian concern. As of September 2023, 114 million people were displaced, and this number continues to grow as conflict and insecurity rise across the globe. Most refugees are hosted by developing countries, and the issues around support and integration of refugee communities are often deeply political.

In this episode— the second in our special series on how to end poverty on a livable planet—we're asking the question: How can we better support the world’s growing number of refugees and their host communities? What economic benefits can refugee integration bring to societies?

Tune in to hear the real-life experience of Abdullahi Mire, winner of the 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, who grew up in one of the largest refugee camps in the world and is now a champion of refugee education; and Nancy Karambo Riungu, a Kenyan entrepreneur working with refugees. We also get insights from the UN Refugee Agency’s Raouf Mazou and The World Bank’s Xavier Devictor on how humanitarian agencies, development institutions and the private sector can better support refugees. Stay with us until the end of the episode to catch the reading of a poem by Kinshasa- born, British poet JJ Bola, who reflects on life as a refugee.

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• Xavier Devictor, the World Bank’s Co-Director of the 2023 World Development Report
• Raouf Mazou, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations at UNHCR
• Abdullahi Mire, winner of the 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
• Nancy Karambo Riungu, a Kenyan entrepreneur and expert tailor working directly with refugees. 

[00:00] Welcome and introduction of the topic

[02:24] Abdullahi Mire, the recipient of the 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

[08:41] Rethinking responses to refugees: The role of education

[11:07] Global Refugee Forum: Drivers of forced displacement

[12:41] Climate crisis, refugees, impact on host countries

[16:52] The impact of refugees from an economic perspective

[18:25] How the World Bank supports refugees and host communities

[22:00] Success stories in terms of durable solutions for refugees

[23:59] Benefits that the private sector can bring to refugees and host communities

[27:13] Visions from an entrepreneur in Kakuma who's working with refugees

[31:48] Closing remarks from Xavier Devictor (World Bank) and Raouf Mazou (UNHCR)

[33:22] Poem by Kinshasa-born British poet and writer, JJ Bola

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