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This paper reviews the recent progress toward gender equality in developing Asia by examining a number of indicators …. Further, it finds that gender gaps in almost all aspects reviewed remain significant, particularly in South Asia with some … greater progress toward gender equality and inclusive growth in developing Asia …
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Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared with developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich, women had few rights before economic development took...
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This paper analyses the long-term relationship between women empowerment and economic growth in Saudi Arabia using a time series data for the period 1999-2014. The results show that there exist a significant positive long-term relationship between women empowerment and economic growth. Thus our...
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Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took...
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Women do not receive the same property rights protections as men in many countries. Given the importance of sound property rights for economic growth, this inequality should have significant implications for growth. This paper provides a first test of the importance of women’s property rights...
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Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took...
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Women's empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two...
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