Investing in women and girls to ensure no one is left behind
Commitment description:Fighting poverty and boosting shared prosperity are the World Bank’s twin goals.
One of the best ways to fight poverty is by investing in human development — to ensure that all children reach their full potential.
To make the most of human capital investments, we must empower girls and women, together with boys, men and communities. Investing in girls and women supports a virtuous cycle: healthier, better-educated mothers have healthier, better-educated families. That’s why the Global Financing Facility, a partnership hosted at the World Bank, works with countries and other partners to improve the health of women, children and adolescents and strengthen primary healthcare and financing systems.
Over the last decade IDA, the World Bank’s fund for the poorest, has provided US$45.7 billion to support human development outcomes in the poorest countries.
We commit to significantly increase our investments in human capital in the next funding cycle. This includes new World Bank grants and concessional finance for human capital projects in Africa totaling $15 billion by 2023.
Draw on demographic diversity to drive economic growth and achieve sustainable development(9) Building peaceful, just and inclusive societies, where no one is left behind, where all, irrespective of race, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, language, ethnic origin, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, feel valued and are able to shape their own destiny and contribute to the prosperity of their societies.
