World Development Report 2012 : Gender Equality and Development
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2011
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| Institutions: | Worldbank |
| Publisher: |
Washington : World Bank Publications |
| Subject: | Gleichberechtigung | Gender equality | Entwicklungsländer | Developing countries | Entwicklung | Economic development | Welt | World | Entwicklungspolitik | Development policy |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (458 p.) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and data notes; Main messages; Overview; Why does gender equality matter for development?; Boxes; 1 What do we mean by gender equality?; 2 The Millennium Development Goals recognize the intrinsic and instrumental value of gender equality; What does this Report do?; 3 How women and men define gender in the 21st century; Where has there been the most progress in gender equality?; 4 What do we mean by markets, formal institutions, and informal social institutions?; Figures 1 Gender outcomes result from interactions between households, markets, and institutions2 Across the world, women are having fewer children; 3 Gender parity in enrollments at lower levels has been achieved in much of the world, but tertiary enrollments are very low and favor women; 4 Using the framework to explain progress in education; 5 Female labor force participation has increased over time at all income levels; Where have gender inequalities persisted and why?; 6 Low-income countries lag behind in realizing progress in female school enrollment 7 Female disadvantage within countries is more marked at low incomesTables; 1 Almost 4 million missing women each year; 8 Women and men work in different sectors; Maps; 1 Earnings gaps between women and men; 9 Explaining persistent segregation and earnings gaps; 10 Across the world, women spend more hours per day on care and housework than men; 11 Gender differences in agricultural productivity disappear when access to and use of productive inputs are taken into account; What is to be done?; 5 Reducing maternal mortality-What works? Look at Malaysia and Sri Lanka 6 Catalyzing female employment in Jordan7 Intervening early to overcome future labor market failures-The Adolescent Girls Initiative; The political economy of reforms for gender equality; A global agenda for greater gender equality; Notes; 2 The agenda for global action at a glance; References; Introduction: A guide to the Report; Gender equality and development: Why do the links matter?; What does this Report do?; 0.1 Problems with estimating the effect of gender equality on growth; B0.1 GDP per capita and gender equality are positively correlated; Navigating this Report: A roadmap 0.1 Economies where qualitative assessments were conductedNotes; References; Part I Taking stock of gender equality; 1 A wave of progress; Times are changing?; Rising global consensus for women's rights; 1.1 Gender and the Millennium Development Goals; Better outcomes for women in many domains; 1.1 Gender parity in enrollments at lower levels has been achieved in much of the world, and tertiary enrollments now favor women; 1.2 Gender explains little of the inequality in education participation for children 12-15 years old; 1.3 Women are living longer than men 1.4 What took the United States 100 years took India 40 and the Islamic Republic of Iran 10 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8213-8810-5 ; 978-0-8213-8812-9 |
| Other identifiers: | hdl:10986/4391 [Handle] |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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