"This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for … women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would … have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila sector not existed. Of this increase in poverty, 0.35 percentage …

"This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in …

acquisition, use, disposition, and valuation - information that is critical for policies promoting gender equality, poverty … the gender dimensions of asset ownership. This paper sets out a framework for researchers who are interested in collecting … data on individual level asset ownership and analyzing the gender asset gap. It reviews best practices in existing surveys …

gender gaps in most developmental outcomes. As such, the interest is in examining also whether migration-induced resource …-household allocation of resources and risk has also shown that gender differences in the relative burden of risk may be important and that …

of the Gender Division, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to …"Quisumbing and Yohannes use the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey to examine the gender dimensions of public works … where female participation is low. Gender differences are important in the participation decision, but operate differently …