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Evidence shows that Guinean women and girls face important barriers across all dimensions of well-being that prevent them from having access to opportunities on an equal footing with men. The poor agency of women and girls, as reflected in the high prevalence of discriminatory legal and social...
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This gender assessment has been prepared as an input for the preparation of the World Bank's Country Partnership …
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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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Gender equality is a core development objective in its own right, and it is also smart economics. Greater gender … Bank 2011).For example, gender gaps in the Romanian labor market may be harming aggregate productivity due to inefficient …
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Gender equality is a core development objective in its own right, and it is also a smartdevelopment policy. Gender … equality is also a key pathway to ensure lasting poverty reductionand shared prosperity. Identifying the main gender gaps a … action is required. It focuses on three areas that are criticalfor gender-equal access to opportunities, namely endowments …
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sets attained later in life, and yet it is the same period when social norms create pathways largely defined by gender …. Poverty and ethnic minority status can further magnify gender discrepancies for youth worldwide, as reductions in household …
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Following decades of sustained economic growth during which Uganda made dramatic progresstowards poverty reduction, the country has recently experienced a period of economic growthslow down. To return to higher rates of economic growth and poverty reduction, the Government mustaddress...
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The Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM) provides an analysis of economic and structural developmentissues in Malawi. This edition was published in November 2018. It follows seven previous editions of the MEM and is part of an ongoing series, with future editions to follow twice each year.The aim of...
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This advisory services and analytics (ASA) study focuses on the empowerment of South Sudanese girls and women. The report provides a cohesive overview of the barriers to empowering girls and women in South Sudan, as well as evidence-based programs and strategies that have been successful in the...
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Gender equality has long been central to the World Bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared …
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