PUBLICATION | 2026Gender, youth, and growth: Unpacking the productivity–transformation nexus in Rwanda This economywide (CGE) modelling study uses Rwanda as a case to examine how productivity gains among women and youth drive growth and structural transformation. Economywide or youth-focused...
PUBLICATION | 2025Leveraging the nutrition-gender-climate nexus: positive examples of integration This brief explores how coordinated action across nutrition, gender equality, and climate resilience can unlock major benefits for people, economies, and food systems. While...
PUBLICATION | 2019How to survive an economic crisis? Lessons from the innovation profiles of EU regions Whereas the European project has long been described as a ‘convergence machine', the recent economic crisis has halted convergence in certain dimensions, and triggered divergence in others...
PUBLICATION | 2026Social Protection and Gender: Policy, Practice, and Research This chapter reviews evidence on gender and social protection in low- and middle-income countries, synthesising nine recent reviews (304 papers). Social assistance, especially cash transfers...
PUBLICATION | 2026Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Displacement and Climate Migration This brief explores how emergency preparedness shapes climate-related displacement and migration. As climate hazards intensify, preparedness determines whether movement is chaotic or safe and planned. Anticipatory...
PUBLICATION | 2026Expert Group Meeting report – Progress of the world’s women 2026: Gender equality in the age of climate crisis This report summarizes the proceedings and key takeaways from an expert group meeting (EGM) convened by UN Women to inform the tenth edition of Progress of the world’s women. Bringing together...
