Image Credit: EBRD March 8, 2022/EBRD A conversation with Odile Renaud Basso and H.E. Dr Rania Al Mashat On March 8, we commemorate International Women’s Day. It comes at a time when the world around us is changing fast. We see a new violent conflict erupting in Europe, just as […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Closing Metering Gap; Neither a One-year nor a Two-year Journey
March 8, 2022/CSL Research Based on news reports, the electricity distribution companies (Discos) plan to close the country’s metering gap in the next 18 months, sticking to its initial plan to close the metering gap by 2023. The available data provided by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) showed the […]
Gender Budgeting Is More Widespread But Implementation Remains a Challenge
(Image: Ozbalci/iStock by Getty Images) CHART OF THE WEEK March 8, 2022/IMFBlog By Teresa Curristine, Nino Tchelishvili and Sureni Weerathunga The pandemic has deepened long-standing gender gaps, with women continuing to bear the burden of unpaid work. By structuring spending and taxation in ways that advance gender equality—a process called […]
