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 …

between men and women and excluding traditional export sectors (apparel and electronics) from the sample. The female labor … share premium is much higher for production workers compared with non-production workers, implying that women specialize in …

How can governments ensure that women have the same employment and entrepreneurship opportunities as men? One important … regardless of gender. Women, Business and the Law 2018, the fifth edition in a series, examines laws affecting women's economic …

Women have experienced significant changes in various spheres of their lives during the last decades as Bangladesh made … economic progress. Yet women's economic engagement and empowerment are subdued, as they cannot make sufficient choices for … examining women's participation in the labour force, ownership and control of household assets, use and control of financial …

The World Bank Group's Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations affecting women's prospects as … women and promote research on how to improve women's economic inclusion …

The world today believes that supporting women entrepreneurs is vital for economic growth. As economic opportunities … increase, unprecedented numbers of women are entering the world of business and entrepreneurship. The number of women … entrepreneurs has risen in global economy including in developing countries. However, the majority of women entrepreneurs in …

this study is to investigate the feminization of agriculture as well as its implications for women's agency, household … welfare, and agricultural productivity. This report provides some introduction to women in agriculture, lays out the study … methodology, and provides background information on migration, women, and agriculture in Guatemala. Women's role in agriculture is …

progress and key economic challenges facing women in GCC countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The note …

This report focuses on better understanding the factors that influence women's economic opportunities in particular, an … area in which significant inequalities remain. Women's economic opportunity is defined as a set of laws, regulations, and … practices that allow women to participate in the workforce under conditions roughly equal to those of men, whether as wage …