Webinar series
MEND THE GAP IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: EVIDENCE FOR POLICY AND OPERATION
Powered by the partnership between The World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia Gender Innovation Lab and Bocconi University’s AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality, this seminar series spotlights frontier research on women’s labor market outcomes — and how to translate those insights into action.
Running from January to May 2026, the series convenes scholars and practitioners to unpack the latest evidence and its real-world operational implications. The goal: energize the conversation between research and implementation, and show how rigorous findings can drive smarter policies and programs across Europe and Central Asia and inspire impact beyond.
ZOOM WEBINAR
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A Free Lunch? How Changing Childcare Defaults Increases Parental Supply
This session presents causal evidence from a policy reform that shifted public lunchtime childcare from an opt-in to an opt-out default. It will conclude with a discussion with World Bank Education and Social Policy specialists on how these findings can inform policy design and be translated into concrete operational action.
Zoom Webinar
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When Economic Growth Hurts: Evidence from Tajikistan's Cotton Sector
The first session of the Webinar Series "MEND THE GAP IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: EVIDENCE FOR POLICY AND OPERATION", organized in collaboration with the World Bank Europe and Central Asia Gender Innovation Lab, will feature Angelina Nazarova (University of Essex).