Christian Bodewig

Productive #socialsafetynets in Africa can make a real difference in tackling the intertwined challenges of poverty, vulnerability to climate change and fragility, and poor opportunities for youth. Here's how to boost their transformative impact 👇 blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/boos…

🚨 Excited to share my job market paper! “Cash transfers and women’s labour supply: evidence from the world’s largest programme” (drive.google.com/file/d/1ksDE04…) It has been awarded the EEA/UniCredit Foundation’s Best JMP Award. A thread summarising my findings 👇(1/13)

Certainement un peu moins pauvre et moins sexy qu’auparavant, “Berlin la rebelle a peut-être atteint l’âge de raison”. Beau portrait d’une ville en transition par ⁦@CecileBoutelet⁩ lemonde.fr/economie/artic…

In the #Sahel, adaptive #SocialProtection has proven to have strong positive impacts on household well-being, society, and the economy. Learn more: wrld.bg/h4GU50TWngW

Ajay on how @WorldBank aims to boost economic opportunities for women by 2030 : include 250M women in social benefit programs, provide broadband connectivity to 300M women, and connect 80M women to financial services. Watch #WBGMeetings event replay: wrld.bg/s0pI50TWnVu

Le programme phare d'emploi des jeunes du Bénin, Azôli, stimule les possibilités d'emploi pour les jeunes femmes - voici comment 👉🏼 blogs.worldbank.org/fr/nasikiliza/… #AccelerateEquality @WBG_Gender @WBG_SPLabor @BM_Afrique

Benin’s flagship youth employment program Azôli is boosting employment opportunities for young women - here’s how: blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/… #AccelerateEquality @WBG_Gender @WBG_SPLabor

Growth in the middle-income countries of Europe and Central Asia has slowed by almost 1.5 percentage points since the 2000s. Is this pace of growth sufficient to achieve high-income status? Read our update: worldbank.org/en/region/eca/…

#AfricasPulse | Vous êtes passionné par le développement économique du continent et croyez au pouvoir de l’éducation pour transformer des vies ? Alors, cet événement est pour vous ! RDV en direct aujourd’hui depuis l’Université de Pretoria : wrld.bg/y2tp50TEpGg

Avec presque 90% d’enfants en Afrique subsaharienne incapables de lire un texte simple à l’âge de 10 ans, la priorité d’aujourd’hui est d’améliorer les systèmes éducatifs pour assurer un meilleur avenir économique demain lemonde.fr/afrique/articl…

AI as the “ultimate tool in accelerating scientific research” - Demis Hassabis on.ft.com/3XVuczm

Heureux de visiter la zone industrielle Glo-Djigbé du Bénin (#GDIZ) pour discuter avec les bénéficiaires du programme innovant d'emploi des jeunes #Azoli de @BeninANPE, soutenu par la @BM_Afrique, qui offre une formation professionnelle et un placement aux jeunes vulnérables

Glad to visit Benin’s Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (#GDIZ) to discuss with beneficiaries of @BeninANPE’s innovative #Azoli youth employment program, supported by @WorldBankAfrica, which provides skills training and job placement for vulnerable youth. #IDAworks

The World Bank is helping Chad strengthen its Social Protection System worldbank.org/en/news/press-… via @WorldBankAfrica #InvestInPeople

Great movie. And a great move to show it widely across Senegal. #IoCapitano nytimes.com/2024/05/18/wor…

In it together: here’s how @WFP_WAfrica, @UNICEF and @WorldBankAfrica are teaming up in support of government-led adaptive social protection systems in the Sahel #InvestInPeople blogs.worldbank.org/en/dev4peace/f…

Project background here: worldbank.org/en/news/press-… #InvestInPeople 3/3

…while continuing the 🇬🇲 success story of building the Nafa productive social safety net system to support the poor in developing sustainable livelihoods, incl with a rapid roll-out of its social registry of poor households towards nationwide coverage blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/… 2/3

This week I joined the launch of #TheGambia Resilience Inclusion Skills & Equity (RISE) project supported by @WorldBankAfrica: a joint-up effort to boost opportunities for youth with innovations in foundational learning and job relevant technical skills for employability… 1/3