The WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the … women around the world still continue to struggle with gender-based disadvantages, much has changed for the better and at a …

economic borders and enter world markets to take advantage of scale and trade in specialized products. World Development Report … continues. A billion people live in lagging areas of developing nations, remote from globalizations many benefits. And poverty … and high mortality persist among the world???s bottom billion, trapped without access to global markets, even as others …

living in absolute poverty, who have benefitted too little from past progress. This report examines some of the difficulties … report addresses the expected sluggish world economic growth as oil-importing countries reduce their current account deficits …

consequences, and how policies can increase their role in reducing poverty. The GEP explores the gains and losses from …

This report focuses on the dimensions of poverty, and how to create a better world, free of poverty. The analysis … explores the nature, and evolution of poverty, and its causes, to present a framework for action. The opportunity for expanding … growth, inequality, and poverty reduction, can be harnessed through economic integration, and technological change, dependent …

suggest three research areas where further work is needed. "--World Bank web site …