Engendering Development: Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and VoiceWorld Bank Publications, 2001 M01 1 - 364 pages 'Engendering Development' focuses on gender issues and their broad economic and social implications in developing and transitional countries. The report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies. The evidence presented shows that societies that discriminate by gender pay a high price in terms of their ability to develop and to reduce poverty. To promote gender equality, the report proposes a 3-part strategy emphasizing institutional reforms, based on a foundation of equal rights for women and men; policies for sustained economic development; and active measures to redress persistent gender disparities. This title, presenting data and analyses and reviews an extensive development literature, is intended as a tool for policy makers, development specialists, and members of civil society who are promoting, designing, and implementing effective and sustainable development strategies. A copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press. |
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... South Asia , Sub - Saharan Africa , and the Middle East and North Africa 256 6.2 Cost - Benefit Analysis of Selected Microfinance and Antipoverty Programs in Bangladesh 257 143 6.3 Gender - Appropriate Social Protection Means Attention ...
... South Asia , Sub - Saharan Africa , and the Middle East and North Africa 256 6.2 Cost - Benefit Analysis of Selected Microfinance and Antipoverty Programs in Bangladesh 257 143 6.3 Gender - Appropriate Social Protection Means Attention ...
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... South Asia - Even Larger Than among All Countries 60 62 1.8 Gender Disparities Tend to Be Greater among the Poor than the Rich 2.1 More Gender Inequality - More AIDS 76 2.2 Child Immunization Rates Rise with Mother's Education 2.3 ...
... South Asia - Even Larger Than among All Countries 60 62 1.8 Gender Disparities Tend to Be Greater among the Poor than the Rich 2.1 More Gender Inequality - More AIDS 76 2.2 Child Immunization Rates Rise with Mother's Education 2.3 ...
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... South Asia are living longer than men , on average . - More women have joined the labor force . Since 1970 women's labor force participation has risen on average by 15 percentage points in East Asia and Latin America . This growth was ...
... South Asia are living longer than men , on average . - More women have joined the labor force . Since 1970 women's labor force participation has risen on average by 15 percentage points in East Asia and Latin America . This growth was ...
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... South Asia Sub - Saharan OECD and Africa North Africa Central Asia and the Caribbean Note : A value of 1 indicates low gender equality in rights , a value of 4 high equality ( see note 1 at the end of the summary for more information ) ...
... South Asia Sub - Saharan OECD and Africa North Africa Central Asia and the Caribbean Note : A value of 1 indicates low gender equality in rights , a value of 4 high equality ( see note 1 at the end of the summary for more information ) ...
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... South Asia women have only about half as many years of schooling as men , on average , and girls ' enrollment rates at the secondary level are still only two - thirds of boys ' . Many women cannot own land , and those who do generally ...
... South Asia women have only about half as many years of schooling as men , on average , and girls ' enrollment rates at the secondary level are still only two - thirds of boys ' . Many women cannot own land , and those who do generally ...
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