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Women, Business and the Law 2026 Report
March 2 , 2026
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- The World Bank released the Women, Business and the Law (WBL) 2026 report, highlighting gaps in the implementation of women’s economic rights.
- The report studies laws affecting women’s economic opportunities in 190 economies using the WBL 2.0 framework.
- The global average score is 67.9 for legal frameworks, but lower for supportive frameworks (47.3) and enforcement (53.4).
- Only 4% of women live in economies with near full legal equality across all three pillars.
- The report states that closing the gender gap in labour force participation could increase global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by over 20% in the next decade.
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