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Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) examines the effects of AI on the working lives of women. This report describes … report highlights the need for more focus and research on the impacts of AI on women and the digital gender gap, in order to … ensure that women are not left behind in the future of work. …
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This paper analyzes the impact of the Strengthening Women Entrepreneurship in Peru (SWEP) program. SWEP trained female … expenditures, or women's empowerment in the household. Qualitative information suggests that micro entrepreneurs were satisfied …
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the contrary, men living farther away from urban and maquila jobs are more likely to work. However, women living in … greater isolation are highly concentrated in own-production agricultural activities, where women's skills are rewarded less … than comparable men's skills. Through concentration into this sector, women living in geographic isolation obtain worse …
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The second issue of "Investing in Women" underscores the Inter-American Development Bank's commitment to enhancing the … contributions of women to development and ensuring their equitable participation in Bank-funded programs. The projects showcased in … this brochure highlight the importance of reducing the obstacles faced by women and emphasize the roles they play as agents …
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The paper analyzes a new Honduran conditional cash transfer experiment (Bono 10,000) in which 150 poor villages (of 300) were treated. The transfers were much larger in size than an earlier experiment (Galiani & McEwan, 2013), but yielded smaller full-sample effects on school enrollment, child...
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groups of women with different fertility rates are compared. The study finds evidence that as a result of the extension of … the maternity leave period, women in the high-fertility age group experience an increase in inactivity rates, informality …
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municipalities with women councilors devote more resources to social investments. In particular, women politicians prioritize …
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The mission of Pro Mujer Perú is to support women through loans and training programs that will contribute to their … comprehensive development. The majority of these women are self-employed peddlers whose business produces an income for their …
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