persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first … promoting the role of women in growth strategies …

This paper reviews empirical findings from economic analyses of the role of gender equality and women's empowerment in … range of development outcomes, the paper presents evidence on the impact of women's access to markets (labor, land, and … credit) and women's decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and …

This paper draws on history, anthropology, and economics to examine the dynamics and extent of women's contribution to …. Women's economic activities in the informal economy largely represent the commercialization of domestic skills and …. Although women's contribution to growth and economic development seems to be positive and significant in predominantly …

Bringing together history and economics, this paper presents a historical and processual understanding of women …'s economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It is not that women … major arguments. First, it discusses the historical processes through which the labor of women was increasingly appropriated …

This paper studies the effects of policies aimed at mitigating discrimination against women in the marketplace on the … inversely with the presence of skilled women (as agents of change) in the labor market and has a direct impact on their … presence of skilled women in the labor market, a trade-off may emerge with respect to female unemployment when anti …

-period OLG model that accounts for women's time allocation between market work, child rearing, human capital accumulation, and … terms of women's time allocation and bargaining power, may have a substantial impact on long-run growth in Brazil …

This paper draws on an expanded growth accounting framework to estimate the relative contribution of women to growth in … Sub-Saharan Africa. Empirical results show a consistently positive contribution of women to growth in gross domestic … accounts. Women's positive contribution is largely attributed to their increased rates of labor force participation in wage …