Gender equality and development /

The WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the context of the development process. The report will consider gender equality as a core development goal in itself, and will argue that gender equality matters for the pace of developm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2011.
Colección:World development report ; 2012.
Temas:
Women in development.
Women > Developing countries.
Women's rights.
Women's Rights
Femmes dans le développement.
Femmes > Droits.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Women
Women in development
Women's rights
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview
  • Introduction: a guide to the report
  • pt. 1. Taking stock of gender equality. 1. A wave of progress. 2. The persistence of gender inequality
  • pt. II. What has driven progress? What impedes it? 3. Education and health: where do gender differences really matter?
  • 4. Promoting women's agency
  • 5. Gender differences in employment and why they matter
  • 6. Globalization's impact on gender equality: what's happened and what's needed
  • pt. III. The role of and potential for public action. 7. Public action for gender equality
  • 8. The political economy of gender reform
  • 9. A global agenda for greater gender equality.

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