Essays on World Bank

Development as a discourse has been subjective to numerous debates in politics and socio-economic spectrums. Where these spectrums explain development through their characteristics and values, development in itself has emerged as a contemporary discourse. In this contemporary setting, the debates on development not only explore its theory but also deconstruct the previous definitions of development....

The World Bank is an international financial group whose main mission statement is to reduce poverty by 3% and increase the incomes of the poorest 40% individuals in developing countries. Having grown up in the Western part of Africa (Nigeria) and witnessed the various forms of poverty from the slums of Lagos to the internally...

Abstract This World Bank report on Electrification and Women’s Empowerment Evidence from Rural India investigates the causal link between electricity access and women’s empowerment, using a large gender-disaggregated data set on India. Empowerment is measured by women’s decision-making ability, mobility, financial autonomy, reproductive freedom, and social participation. Using propensity score matching, the study finds that...