Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 336
Cover Image
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247494
Cover Image
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578970
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580042
Cover Image
Gender and economic growth in Tanzania : creating opportunities for women
Ellis, Amanda (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521823
Cover Image
Gender and development in the Middle East and North Africa : women in the public sphere
2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523216
Cover Image
Does micro-credit empower women? : evidence from Bangladesh
Cartwright, Jennifer - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523436
Cover Image
Gender and Development in the Middle East and North Africa : Women in the Public Sphere
World Bank - 2013
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 approached from a social, anthropological, or political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563803
Cover Image
Closing Gaps, Increasing Opportunities : A Diagnostic on Women's Economic Empowerment in Nigeria
World Bank - 2022
As Nigeria faces the immediate challenge of stimulating economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and corresponding economic shocks, it also can address the sizable gender gaps that undermine women's economic empowerment and hinder inclusive economic growth. Gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254993
Cover Image
Women's Economic Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : Obstacles and Opportunities
World Bank - 2021
The aim of this report is to identify binding constraints to women's economic empowerment in the DRC and identify promising entry points to unbind these constraints. This report makes three core contributions. It provides: i) a comprehensive picture of gender gaps across the country, ii) an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255488