Around the world, women face persistent barriers in seeking to enter the labor force, attain leadership positions, and … launch businesses. Gender inequality not only prevents women from achieving their full potential and gaining economic …, policymakers face the timely challenge of ensuring that women are not left behind in the development agenda. This working paper …

Central America lags the rest of Latin America in outcomes related to women. The countries of Central America (Costa … of women and improving their social and economic outcomes. This report takes stock of this progress as well as continuing … challenges faced by women in the region. It assesses women's legal rights and protections, access to endowments and economic …

The Women Economic Empowerment report outlines the factors contributing to the persistently low economic participation … of Egyptian women and to identify "gender smart" policies and solutions to boost economic growth while at the same time …, narrowing relevant gender gaps. The study provides the context of women's share of the public space as reflected in their access …

The study aims to understand the constraints to women's equal participation in the roads sector inMalawi to inform the … identify and describe the barriers to career progression for women in the roads sector at each stage in the career cycle … focus group discussions with women and girls along the career cycle in the roads sector and key informant interviews. The …

. Yet, women and girls continue to be underrepresented in STEM careers, although there is wide variation among countries and … across STEM fields. Beyond income disadvantages for women because they have less access to STEM careers, the gender gap in … participation of women and girls relative to men and boys in STEM-related education and employment through a global, comprehensive …

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on … a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional … opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

particularly so for women. This new report, "Profiting from Parity: Unlocking the Potential of Women's Businesses in Africa …, seeks to focus attention on the challenges that Africa's women entrepreneurs face and identify practical solutions. The …Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world, with approximately 42 percent of the non …

The coverage of pension systems in the Africa region is limited to the small segment of the population in the formal …

Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women … policy on both women and men and to develop appropriate, evidence-based policies to ensure that trade helps to enhance … connections among the economic roles that women play as workers, consumers, and decision makers. Building on new analyses and new …