As you know, the World Bank is a key international organization explicitly dedicated to a vision of global development based on neoliberal philosophies grounded in the perspective of core societies. The World Bank's understanding of oppression of women is one expression of this vision. In this news feature, the World Bank gives us a nice, easy to digest synopsis of it's philosophy.

1. explain what the World Bank means by "the empowerment of women",
2. describe some common themes among the programs it promotes, and
3. speculate on why these reforms seem important to the global economy.

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2023/03/06/girl-power-driving-transformation-in-western-and-central-africa