groups in one county. The Han Chinese have no statistically significant gender gap while the patrilineal Yi women are … inclined as the Han Chinese women. The findings affirm that culture matters for competitive inclination and suggests the …Radical communist reforms propelled traditionally secluded Han Chinese women into the labor force but exempted ethnic …

Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …

have the potential to positively influence the quantity and quality of women’s participation in agriculture in India …’s North Eastern Region. Women in agriculture in this part of the country, are going to get more and more employments both in … bring in miseries to the women folks. However, in the long run, women in this region are going to gain the lion’s share of …

‘threatening’ planning for Women in Development (WID) to the more ‘confrontational’ gender planning with its aspiring goal of …The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives …. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of …

ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance. In this paper we use an econometric approach to explore the effect … Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK 2004 database. Standardising for a range of individual characteristics, we find that women are around … barriers are linked negatively to the start-up decision, stronger perceptions of financial barriers among women are having a …

Although at the beginning of the 21st century, over 95 percent of all countries in the world have granted women the … right to vote and the right to stand for election (Ballington & Karam, 2005), gender equality in terms of representation in … representation of women at the level of the smallest unit of Philippine government—the village or barangay. Data comparison—within a …

organization have put so much emphasis on supporting educational expansion and improvement in Africa. However, education in Africa …

gender roles in Africa by increasing the relative status of men in lineage and inheritance systems but also reducing polygyny … social characteristics of ethnic groups in Africa. We find that the duration of colonial rule caused a dramatic shift in …

general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa … opportunity for African economies. As latecomers, Africa has indeed an opportunity to be at the forefront of the green revolution …

academic analyses on “weak” or “failing states” in Africa and elsewhere. However, the concentration on externally induced … efforts and international aid. African culture is not inherently good or bad, but under certain conditions its propensity to … static cultural factors as custom, tradition or ethnicity, often said to be barriers to economic growth in Africa, have been …