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Author: Elaine Zuckerman

Elaine Zuckerman is President of Gender Action. After she joined the World Bank in 1980 as an economist, she went on to create the Bank's first program to globally mitigate Structural Adjustment Loans' harmful impacts on the poor, especially on women, and work in the gender unit. In the 1990s, she was also Coordinator of the Social Agenda Policy Group at the Inter-American Development Bank.
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New Report Reveals Development Banks Marginalize Women Across the Globe

Development Banks Marginalize Women Across the Globe, Says New Report

Elaine Zuckerman

Taxpayer-supported International Financial Institutions (IFIs), like the World Bank, are supposed to be guided by missions committed to eradicating poverty, sharing prosperity and accelerating social progress. The reality is different.

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When the World Bank Bulldozed Her Community, She Fought Back

Elaine Zuckerman and Betty Abah

A World Bank project that rendered Bimbo Oshobe destitute turned her into a women’s rights and community leader.

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The Case for a Feminist World Bank President

Elaine Zuckerman

A female Bank President would symbolize the increasing power of women—but a woman President alone will not be enough to right the Bank.

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