"The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much … less masculinization. This suggests that, with continuing vigorous efforts to reduce son preference, the "missing girls …

Sex ratio at birth, the number of boys born for every 100 girls, has increased in the South Caucasus in the past … decades. A World Bank study sought to produce rigorous and supporting evidence on the issue of “missing girls” in the South …

crisis would have on girls and women and their human capital. Two years into the crisis, this brief summarizes the evidence …, employment and empowerment of girls and women including in SSA. Available data is still limited, but what is known to date … suggests that we are seeing the tip of an iceberg. Many impacts will have long term repercussions for girls' and women's human …

Adolescent girls are viewed as a key demographic group to target for successfully breaking the intergenerational … transmission of poverty in developing countries. Unfortunately, for many teenage girls in developing countries, adolescence entails … childbearing; and/or (3) delay marriage for adolescent girls in developing countries. The focus is on these three outcomes because …

approaches: First, it is difficult to assess the cost-effectiveness of most of the initiatives. Second, since girls' education is …

, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access … opportunities in an equal manner with men and boys in the country. They are largely constrained in their ability to accumulate human … decision-making, particularly with respect to family formation. Women and girls also appear to be disproportionally affected by …

prosperity in a sustainable manner. More recently, women's and girls’ empowerment (WGE) has become a priority in the Africa … operationalization. This note lays out a pragmatic Operational Approach to enhancing women's and girls' empowerment in World Bank …

presents a summary of the key challenges facing Guinean women and girls relative to men and boys. The report has a particular …Evidence shows that Guinean women and girls face important barriers across all dimensions of well-being that prevent … them from having access to opportunities on an equal footing with men. The poor agency of women and girls, as reflected in …