Although women?s police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no … most severe form of domestic violence. Given that a high fraction of female deaths among women ages 15 to 49 years can be … quantitative evaluations of their impacts on the incidence of domestic violence or any other manifestations of gender equality have …

models and empirical evidence suggest that working can increase a woman's risk of suffering domestic violence. Using a … dataset collected in peri-urban Dhaka, this analysis documents a positive correlation between work and domestic violence. This … correlation is only present among women with less education or who were younger at first marriage. These results are consistent …

-thirds of respondents in Europe and Central Asia report their household was subjectively affected, primarily through the labor … household budget surveys that the crisis reduced the consumption of the middle and upper classes. But the analysis also finds …

This paper analyzes the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner and sexual violence in Nigeria and … face-to-face method. In Rwanda, intimate partner violence rates increase by 100 percent, and in Nigeria, they increase by … indicators often targeted in women's empowerment programs, such as gender norms and female employment and education. These …

The world economy has experienced four global recessions over the past seven decades: in 1975, 1982, 1991, and 2009 … internationally, with severe economic and financial disruptions in many countries around the world. The 2009 global recession, set off …

economic effects. The financial crisis that hit the world economy in 2008-2009 has transformed the lives of many individuals … financial system continue around the world, the challenge for policy makers is to incorporate the lessons from the failures to …

of asymmetries in world asset demand and supply. Absent changes in the deep determinants of these, global imbalances can …

the World Bank in response to the global economic crisis of 2008-2009. Given trends in the imposition of new crisis …

around the world in response to the crisis. It highlights a number of key issues regarding economic and financial policies …