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This study investigates the effect of inequality on female employment in 42 countries in sub- Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. Two indicators of gender inclusion are also employed,...

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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

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The study assesses how ICT modulates the effect of inequality on female economic participation in a panel of 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. The adopted ICT...

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The digital gender divide : confronting obstacles to women's development in Africa

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Insecurity, dispossession, depletion : women's experiences of post-war development in Myanmar

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The development of women's athletics : findings of an empirical analysis

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Gender and Economic Opportunities in Poland : Has Transition Left Women Behind?

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Women's marginalization in Nigeria and the way forward

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Globalisation and female economic participation in Sub-Saharan Africa

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When "property cannot own property" : women's lack of property rights in Cameroon

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