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India Development Update, May 2017 : Unlocking Women's Potential
World Bank - 2017
India has among the lowest female labor force participation rates (LFPRs) in the world. In particular, low female LFPR … growth suffers. If the overall lack of jobs, especially regular salaried jobs, plays a large role in India's female LFPR … and accelerate India's GDP growth and broader social development. Policies that promote job creation in women …
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Unlocking the Potential of Women and Adolescent Girls in Madagascar - Challenges and Opportunities in Increasing Women's and Girls’ Economic Empowerment
World Bank - 2023
This thematic note is part of a broader mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, which intends to illustrate the key gender gaps in the country and shed light on the unique challenges that young Malagasy women face in their educational, professional, and family trajectories. Due...
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Unlocking the Potential of Women and Adolescent Girls in Madagascar - Challenges and Opportunities in Enhancing Girls' and Women’s Agency
World Bank - 2023
This thematic note is part of a broader mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, which intends to illustrate the key gender gaps in the country and shed light on the unique challenges that young Malagasy women face in their educational, professional, and family trajectories. Due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579028
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Unlocking the Potential of Women and Adolescent Girls - Challenges and Opportunities for Greater Empowerment of Women and Adolescent Girls in Madagascar
World Bank - 2023
This Overview presents the findings from the mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, illustrating the key gender gaps in the country and shedding light on the unique challenges that young Malagasy women face in their educational, professional, and family trajectories. Due to the...
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Reducing Vulnerability and Promoting the Self-Employment of Roma in Eastern Europe through Financial Inclusion
World Bank - 2012
This chapter highlights the growing global and European financial inclusion agenda and provides a brief assessment of vulnerability and labor market outcomes for Roma in Eastern Europe. Financial inclusion is considered by many to be among the main instruments to improve welfare, especially...
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Economic opportunities for women in the East Asia and Pacific Region
Ellis, Amanda - 2010
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International migration and gender differentials in the home labor market : evidence from albania
Mendola, Mariapia - 2009
"This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family migration experience from the latest Living Standards Measurement Study survey, the authors find that...
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The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in Nepal
Lokshin, Michael - 2008
"This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that...
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The Malaysia-Indonesia remittance corridor : making formal transfers the best option for women and undocumented migrants
Hernández-Coss, Raúl (contributor) - 2008
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