"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 …. However, women with past family migration experience are significantly more likely to engage in self-employment and less …

"Quisumbing and Yohannes use the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey to examine the gender dimensions of public works … where female participation is low. Gender differences are important in the participation decision, but operate differently … shocks. After controlling for selection in which gender plays an important role, gender disadvantages in the wage labor …

Gender inequality-the differential access to opportunity and security for women and girls-has become an important and … visible issue for the economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Gender equality issues in MENA are usually …. This book seeks to advance the gender equality discussion in the region by framing the issues in terms of economic …

The Chile Country gender assessments (CGAs) identify gender-responsive policies and actions are strategic for poverty … experience. The report focus on the gender equality in the labor markets; improve access to financial services; expand access to … growth gaps of increasing female labor force participation or reducing the gender gap. …

Group s gender action plan (GAP) trust fund has financed a series of programs to promote gender equality by empowering … women to compete in key markets: land, labor, agriculture, finance and the private sector. Work and family: Latin American … resources affects female labor market outcomes in the region. This project summarizes over half a decade of gender …

the good news in our flagship 2012 World Development Report on gender. But this has not translated into broader gains. Too … account, or take out a loan???to buy fertilizer, for example, that would boost food production for whole communities. Gender …

. The main SA objectives were to understand how prevailing structures of water provision, land reforms, and gender relations …

The objective of this paper is to develop an approach for integrating a gender dimension into Agricultural Sector Risk … Assessments (ASRAs). The focus is on the approach because both agricultural risk and gender issues are contextual, thus the … outcomes of a gender-based risk assessment are highly dependent on the social, cultural, geo-graphic, and economic contexts of …