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reducing gender-based asset inequality in SSA is an important development goal. This report documents the structural role of …Comparison between Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and East Asia indicates that gender inequality in education and employment … case that reducing gender inequality would increase growth, efficiency, and welfare. The authors make key recommendations …
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Outlines Tunisia' innovative strategy of reducing the budgetary costs of food subsidies in a manner that is politically acceptable and that protects the nutritional status of the poor. The government uses "self-targeted programs," whereby subsidies are shifted to items consumed primarily by...
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constraints, focusing on two broad areas: the links between gender, economic productivity and poverty, and the development of … or eliminate gender-specific constraints on economic development in Ghana. …A growing body of literature indicates that reducing gender inequalities and increasing women's access to productive …
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Tajikistan has a lot to show in terms of creating an enabling policy framework for gender equity, yet large gendered … unprecedented manner and aggravates existing gender challenges. This report is presenting achievements made and challenges still to … be addressed in view of gender-equity in Tajikistan, based on a desk study covering using most recent material from …
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framework of the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development, and focuses on three priority areas: human … well on a number of human development indicators in international indices. Since the previous Gender Diagnostic Note 2018 …The Malaysia Country Gender Diagnostic Note will serve as a guide to identify the priority areas for the World Bank …
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After several months of low COVID-19 case numbers, Malawi is facing a fourth wave. While an increasing share of the global population is protected by vaccines, only about 6.5 percent of the population is vaccinated in Malawi, increasing the country's vulnerability to the virus. The Government...
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The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive data and evidence-based analysis of gender-based sex …
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development. Progress toward poverty reduction continued in recent years, but the contribution of the agriculture sector was weak … earnings; and (ii) gender differences in farming activities and outcomes. The role of structural factors such as access to land … resources, including land and agricultural inputs, could help improve productivity and income, and reduce gender disparities …
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Gender equality is a core development objective, and it is also a smart development policy. Gender equality is also a … key pathway to ensure lasting poverty reduction and shared prosperity. Identifying the main gender gaps a country faces … required. It focuses on three areas that are critical for gender-equal access to opportunities, namely endowments such as …
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This assessment of gender responsive public financial management (GRPFM) for 2020 of the government of Ukraine (GoU …) has been conducted using the draft Supplementary Framework for Assessing Gender Responsive Public Financial Management and … is one of the first pilots using this framework. The purpose of the PEFA supplementary assessment on gender responsive …
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