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Gender role attitudes and female labour supply

Increasing women’s labour force participation and career progression is a key priority for policymakers in developing and developed economies alike. A central question is whether economic development and rising incomes naturally lead to greater female labour market engagement. This column highlights that the answer depends critically on prevailing gender role attitudes. In societies with more […]

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Shifting gears: how the private sector can be an engine of growth in MENA

The global economy is facing heightened uncertainty, clouding economic forecasts. In our recently launched April 2025 Middle East and North Africa Economic Update , we report that growth in MENA averaged a modest 1.9% in 2024 and is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.6% in 2025. But growth forecasts for countries across the region are shadowed in […]