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"This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in …
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Thailand has made good progress in closing gender gaps in various dimensions, especially human capital development … gender and informality study by the World Bank Bangkok team led to the recommendations covered in this report …
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Maternal health remains one of the top priorities of the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) because reductions in maternal mortality have been slows. The current Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) for Indonesia is 228 but with existing programs and interventions the...
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social norms towards greater gender equality or reinforce potentially harmful norms. Designing or implementing interventions … gender norms may influence the effective implementation or enforcement of laws and policies critical to advancing gender …
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"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 …
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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 …
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