"This book evaluates the global labor market in the context of gender equality, and the associated policies and … regulations, particularly in developing markets, to recommend measures for encouraging gender equality. It exposes the barriers … gender policy objectives, such as gender equality in careers, gender balance in decision-making, and gender dimensions in …

agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. In this paper we briefly review issues related to … gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices, including the human development index … (HDI), the gender inequality index (GII), the multiple poverty index (MPI), and the masculinity score (MAS). Although the …