The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated … against (employment, education and access to health care) in developing countries and on the impact that gender inequalities … have on development. The first chapter investigates the impact of gender bias in education and employment on economic …

institutions leading to the exclusion of population groups such as women and indigenous people. To measure these institutions in … the case of gender inequality the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices are proposed and for …