The Poverty Podcast

World Bank Group

There is no silver bullet to ending poverty, and strategies to reach the most vulnerable must be tailored to each country’s context, taking into account the latest data and analysis and the needs of the people. How the world responds to major challenges today will have a direct bearing on whether the current reversals in global poverty reduction can be turned around. Join us and poverty specialists in this new World Bank Group podcast series as we explore the latest data and research on poverty reduction, shared prosperity, and equity around the globe. Listen and subscribe for free on yo...

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The Poverty Podcast

Episodes (5)

Jun 21, 2022 Gender and COVID-19
Mar 7, 2022 Behavioral Science and Poverty
Jul 16, 2021 The Distributional Impacts of Trade

The Poverty Podcast

Jun 21, 2022
15 minutes
14 MB

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Poverty Podcast. Today we're joined by Miriam Muller, a social scientist in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, and Javier Romero, an economist working in the Poverty and Equity Practice for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Gender Innovation Lab of the region, who discuss what we have learned so far about how COVID-19 has affected men and women differently across the different dimensions of gender equality.

The Poverty Podcast

Gender and COVID-19

World Bank Group

00:00 -15:04