This paper analyzes the impact of the Strengthening Women Entrepreneurship in Peru (SWEP) program. SWEP trained female … expenditures, or women's empowerment in the household. Qualitative information suggests that micro entrepreneurs were satisfied …

members of society receive these services equally. To a large extent, women are left out of health and education systems; as a …According to conventional wisdom, health and education are important factors for economic and social development: they … and education in six regions of the developing world: Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; East and Southeast Asia; The Middle …

The overall goal of the Bank's Women in Development (WID) Policy is to improve the socioeconomic situation of women in … Latin America and the Caribbean and to improve the performance of Bank projects by enhancing women's contributions. To …

limitations are probably behind the lack of significant findings for impacts on wages in Colombia and on education in Mexico City …

around the advances achieved to date since the approval of the IDB's Women in Development Policy in 1987. The Plan builds on … accumulated experience indicating that promoting gender equality and investing in women's capabilities are fundamental for … creating accountability, achieving and monitoring results. Investing in women, in their access to information, resources …

Directors, as set out in the Operating Policy on Women in Development (1987). It examines progress in mainstreaming gender … issues and women's concerns throughout all areas of Bank activity from 1998 to 2001. It documents lessons learned in applying …

. Chapter 3 then examines education in the region, highlighting the reversal of the gender schooling gap. Nowadays, girls attend …

. Education reform is driven by growth productivity and global competitiveness concerns, as well as concerns for social equity …