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Closing the Gap : Gender, Transport, and Employment in Mumbai
World Bank Group - 2021
Until recently, transport planning and design were regarded as gender neutral that is, they were assumed to benefit men and women equally. There is now increasing recognition that women experience mobility differently from men. This policy note, strives to improve our understanding of the...
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Breaking Barriers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors
World Bank Group - 2022
The report focuses on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance. It explores the difference in profits among female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated sectors (MDS) compared to those who remain in traditionally female-concentrated sectors...
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Women Entrepreneurs in Indonesia : A Pathway to Increasing Shared Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2016
increase, unprecedented numbers of women are entering the world of business and entrepreneurship. The number of women …
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Enterprising Women : Toward Equal Business Opportunity in Southeast Asia
World Bank Group - 2021
This report explores gender differences in entrepreneurship for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) in …-level surveys, the report establishes stylized facts about gender gaps in participation in entrepreneurship and in business … owners or be part of a larger corporation. After establishing stylized facts about gender gaps in entrepreneurship, the …
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Women's Economic Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : Obstacles and Opportunities
World Bank Group - 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...
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Women, Business and the Law 2021
World Bank Group - 2021
, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This year's report updates all indicators as of October 1, 2020 and builds evidence of the links …
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The Status of Women in Lebanon : Assessing Women's Access to Economic Opportunities, Human Capital Accumulation and Agency
World Bank Group - 2021
) policies and programs: supporting policies and programs that boost women's employment and entrepreneurship towards a more equal …
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Using Behavioral Science in Communication Outreach to Increase Female Participation in Natural Resource Management in Mexico
World Bank Group - 2022
While a range of public programs in Mexico exist to incentivize communities to conserve and manage forest natural resources, a gender gap persists in the use of these initiatives. The experiment discussed in this report was commissioned by the climate investment funds' (CIF) evaluation and...
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Closing Gaps, Increasing Opportunities : A Diagnostic on Women's Economic Empowerment in Nigeria
World Bank Group - 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...
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Women, Business and the Law 2022
World Bank Group - 2022
, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This year, the study also includes preliminary …
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