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href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/human-development" title="People">People</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/macroeconomics" title="Prosperity">Prosperity</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatechange" title="Planet">Planet</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/infrastructure" title="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/digital" title="Digital">Digital</a></em></p> </div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/prosperity</div> <div>55 percent</div> <div>of <strong>women participated in the labor market</strong> in 2023 compared to almost 75 percent of men.</div> <div><a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS?intcid=ecr_hp_dataA_en_ext">https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS?intcid=ecr_hp_dataA_en_ext</a></div> <div>Source: International Labour Organization (2025), ILOSTAT</div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/infrastructure</div> <div>1.19 million</div> <div>people die each year globally in <strong>road traffic accidents</strong>.</div> <div><a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/after-marrakech-a-new-era-in-the-push-for-safer-roads?intcid=ecr_hp_dataB_en_ext">https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/after-marrakech-a-new-era-in-the-push-for-safer-roads?intcid=ecr_hp_dataB_en_ext</a></div> <div>Source: WHO (2023), The Global status report on road safety</div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/people</div> <div>4.5 billion</div> <div>people, over half the world's population, <strong>lack access to essential health services</strong>.</div> <div><a href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40348?intcid=ecr_hp_dataC_en_ext">https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40348?intcid=ecr_hp_dataC_en_ext</a></div> <div>Source: WHO, World Bank (2023), Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2023 Global Monitoring Report</div> </div> <div> <div>world-bank:category/prosperity</div> <div>30 percent</div> <div>of <strong>formal small and medium enterprises</strong> globally are owned and run by women.</div> <div><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/de/programs/women-entrepreneurs?intcid=ecr_hp_dataD_en_ext">https://www.worldbank.org/de/programs/women-entrepreneurs?intcid=ecr_hp_dataD_en_ext</a></div> <div>Source: Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)</div> </div> </div> <div class="section-metadata"> <div> <div>sec-spacing</div> <div>section-xxlarge</div> </div> <div> <div>sec-spacing-bottom</div> <div>section-none</div> </div> <div> <div>sec-swoosh</div> <div>sec-swoosh-none</div> </div> <div> <div>style</div> <div>bg-image</div> </div> <div> <div>image</div> <div> <picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="./media_1e0b1fdb94fb9cf5c2bc4bffb65cfb76c74508a71.png?width=2000&format=webply&optimize=medium" media="(min-width: 600px)"> <source type="image/webp" 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