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Effect of adolescent female fertility and healthcare spending on maternal and neonatal mortality in low resource setting of South Asia

Roy, Shongkour; Khatun, Tanjina - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-8

Background: Maternal and neonatal mortality is high in South Asia. Recent studies have identifed factors such as adolescent female fertility, healthcare spending is reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. The objective of this study is to examine the efect of adolescent female fertility and...

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Marrying in South Asia : shifting concepts, changing practices in a globalising world

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Engendering Access to STEM Education and Careers in South Asia

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economic development, cross-border trade, and social inclusion in South Asia. However, underrepresentation of girls and women … needed to increase girls' and women's access to and participation in STEM education and careers in South Asia? This book …, the private sector, and other stakeholders who stand to benefit from more diverse workforces. Though women themselves …

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Care functions within the kinship ketwork : explaining care arrangements and female health choices in post-disaster Nepal

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Does job prospect influence school enrolment for women in South Asia?

Kar, Saibal; Pramanik, Archita - In: Risks and Resilience of Emerging Economies : Essays in …, (pp. 239-260). 2023

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Building a Future for Women in South Asia's Plastics Waste Management

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enhancing livelihood prospects for informal waste workers-the most vulnerable of whom tend to be women. The report also … investors. Through examining the role of women in South Asia's plastic waste management systems and the challenges they face the … report provides recommendations for collaborative action to improve and safeguard women's livelihoods in this sector More …

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A multi-country validation and sensitivity analysis of the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (Pro-WEAI)

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Development and Validation of Women's Empowerment in Migration Index (WEMI)

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Enhancing youth and women's financial inclusion in South Asia

Aslan, Goksu - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-29

The youthful population of South Asia, holding the majority in the subregion, will also have a great share in the future alongside the risk of being not in education, employment, or training with a persisting gender gap. This makes it important to adopt a gender-responsive policy framework for...

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