The economic impacts of child marriage, and more

The World Bank just launched a report that uncovers the economic costs of child marriage. [Having trouble seeing this email?]( [© World Bank](  [At what cost? The economic impacts of child marriage]( [The World Bank just launched a report that uncovers the economic costs of child marriage.]( More »]( [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [© World Bank](  [From the slopes to life in a wheelchair]( [Last December, James Dooley Sullivan, a video editor at the World Bank, packed his wheelchair and travelled to Jamaica. He wanted to see first-hand what it’s like to be disabled in a developing country.]( More »]( [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [© World Bank](  [Accelerating Women’s Economic Empowerment]( [Equal access to financial services, helping women build assets and professionalizing the care-giving sector can help accelerate progress in women’s economic empowerment]( More »]( [Facebook]( [Twitter](  --------------------------------------------------------------- Blogs ---------------------------------------------------------------  [© World Bank]( [The rippling economic impacts of child marriage]( [“Globally, more than 700 million women alive today married before the age of 18. Each year, 15 million additional girls are married as children, the vast majority of them in developing countries.”]( More »]( -Quentin Wodon, June 27 [Facebook]( [Twitter](  ---------------------------------------------------------------  Social Media --------------------------------------------------------------- [World Bank Who are the #greentech #entrepreneurs in #Morocco, and what is the entrepreneurial landscape they operate in? ( [Melinda Gates Courageous. Determined. Persistent. Meet the women on the front lines of the fight against polio.](  --------------------------------------------------------------- In the News --------------------------------------------------------------- - [ A US$150 Million Package to Boost Lebanon’s Healthcare Services]( - [ Child Marriage Will Cost Developing Countries Trillions of Dollars by 2030](   --------------------------------------------------------------- Jobs --------------------------------------------------------------- - [ Senior Economist — Zagreb, Croatia]( - [ Program Assistant — Washington, D.C.](  [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( Accredited journalists may obtain advance access to reports and information by registering with the Bank's [Online Media Briefing Center]( a password-protected site for working journalists. Material in this newsletter is copyrighted. Requests to reproduce it, in whole or in part, should be addressed to pubrights@worldbank.org. For more information visit our website: [worldbank.org](. [Access to Information]( | [Operational Summary]( | [Other Bank Newsletters]( | [Privacy Policy]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( The World Bank Group · 1818 H Street NW · Washington, DC 20433 · USA