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Exploring Norway's Fertility, Work, and Family Policy Trends
OECD - 2023
. Nevertheless, between 2009 and 2022 the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Norway dropped from 2 children to 1.4 children per woman … addresses. It illustrates various aspects of fertility trends, as well as changes in the Norwegian labour market as well as in … affecting family formation and fertility trends. The final chapter projects demographic, economic, fiscal and social outcomes …
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Male Outmigration and Women's Work and Empowerment in Agriculture : The Case of Nepal and Senegal
World Bank Group - 2018
agriculture in Nepal and Senegal. In particular, this analysis seeks to understand: (i) how outmigration influences women's work …
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Women's Economic Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : Obstacles and Opportunities
World Bank Group - 2021
The aim of this report is to identify binding constraints to women's economic empowerment in the DRC and identify promising entry points to unbind these constraints. This report makes three core contributions. It provides: i) a comprehensive picture of gender gaps across the country, ii) an...
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Caregiving in Crisis: Gender inequality in paid and unpaid work during COVID-19
OECD - 2021
The recession shadowing the COVID-19 pandemic has been frequently characterised as a “shecession,” implying disproportionately negative effects for women. Yet the crisis might more accurately be called a “momcession,” as women’s work losses were driven in large part by the outcomes of...
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Women, Business and the Law 2021
World Bank Group - 2021
Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women's economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women's interactions with the law as they move through their lives...
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The Status of Women in Lebanon : Assessing Women's Access to Economic Opportunities, Human Capital Accumulation and Agency
World Bank Group - 2021
This report provides an up-to-date, holistic reference on the state of women in Lebanon against the broader perspective of general development outcomes while taking into consideration the multiple crises the country is facing. The report presents a data-driven analysis of three key dimensions of...
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COVID-19 crisis in the MENA region: impact on gender equality and policy responses
OECD - 2020
This brief takes stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality in the region and highlights gender-sensitive measures and initiatives taken by governments, the private sector and civil society to mitigate the impact of the crisis on women. It asserts that the COVID-19 crisis is...
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Women at the core of the fight against COVID-19 crisis
OECD - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is harming health, social and economic well-being worldwide, with women at the centre. First and foremost, women are leading the health response: women make up almost 70% of the health care workforce, exposing them to a greater risk of infection. At the same time, women are...
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Gender Equality in Chile : Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work
OECD - 2021
The OECD review of Gender Equality in Chile: Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work is the first of a series addressing Latin American and the Caribbean countries. It compares gender gaps in labour and educational outcomes in Chile with other countries. Particular attention is put on...
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Using Behavioral Science in Communication Outreach to Increase Female Participation in Natural Resource Management in Mexico
World Bank Group - 2022
While a range of public programs in Mexico exist to incentivize communities to conserve and manage forest natural resources, a gender gap persists in the use of these initiatives. The experiment discussed in this report was commissioned by the climate investment funds' (CIF) evaluation and...
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