ISBN:
9780821396230
,
9780821396261
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (p. cm)
Edition:
2012 World Bank eLibrary
Series Statement:
World Bank East Asia and Pacific regional report
Uniform Title:
World development report.
DDC:
323.3/4095
Keywords:
Sex discrimination against women
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Women in development
;
Women in development
;
Women's rights
;
Women's rights
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Women in development
;
Women in development
;
Women's rights
;
Women's rights
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Women in development
;
Women in development
;
Women's rights
;
Women's rights
Abstract:
"Examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive development in East Asian and Pacific countries. Written as a companion to the World Development Report 2012 on gender equality and development, the report finds that promoting gender equality contributes to higher productivity, income growth, and poverty reduction; improves the opportunities and outcomes for the next generation; and enhances the quality of development policymaking. It contributes to the understanding of gender and development policymaking in several important ways. First, the report presents new data and evidence that significantly strengthen the empirical basis for policymaking on gender and development in the region. Second, the report provides new analysis of the gender dimensions and policy implications of several global trends that are particularly important in the region, including increasing economic integration, rapid adoption of new information and communication technologies, rising domestic and international migration flows, rapid urbanization, and population aging"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
The state of gender equality in East Asia and the PacificGender and endowments : access to human capital and productive assets -- Gender and economic opportunity -- Agency : strength of voice and influence -- Gender and the region's emerging development challenges -- Promoting gender equality in East Asia and the Pacific : directions for policy.
Note:
"A companion to the World development report
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Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1596/978-0-8213-9623-0
URL:
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