 | University promotes gender awareness - Dr. Saykhong Saynasin and Ms. Mayra Buvinic address the seminar on gender equality at the National University of Laos (Vientiane Times, Vientiane, June 13, 2008) (PDF 73KB)
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 | Equality for Women, Where Do We Stand, Spring 2008
Brochure (PDF 306KB)
Report in Draft ( PDF 1034KB)
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 | Doing Business: Women in Africa ( PDF, 4.15MB)
A new report profiles seven women entrepreneurs, describing reasons for their success, as well as some of the legal, regulatory, and practical obstacles they faced in expanding their business efforts.
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 | Gender Action Plan Newsletter (HTML) (PDF 640KB) (March 2008)
Discover more about the World Bank’s Gender Action Plan (GAP), see how it is being translated into action on the ground, and keep up to date with any GAP related news. |
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 | From Whispers to Voices: Report (March, 2008)
Women in Bangladesh have won important first round victories of visibility and mobility against great odds of gender-based inequalities and discrimination.Download Complete Report
Chief Economist Blog: End Poverty in South Asia |
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 | The International Migration of Women (Nov 2007)
Six new studies focusing on the nexus between gender, international migration and economic development. |
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Working Paper
WPS4404 | Changing norms about gender inequality in education : evidence from Bangladesh (Nov 2007)
Using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women, this paper examines norms about gender equality in education for children and adults. |
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 | "Estrategiasrentables", Op-Ed onGender Equality as Smart Economics (La Vanguardia, Barcelona Aug 21, 2007)
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Beneficial Strategies: Investments in women's economic opportunities will stimulate Africa's development (in Spanish) |
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 | Gender, Entrepreneurship, and Competitiveness in Africa (2007)
PowerPoint Presentation (PDF 160KB)
Chapter 1.4 of the Africa Competitiveness Report
This chapter aims to shed light on the nature of men’s and women’s enterprises in Africa, to assess the extent to which the constraints and obstacles faced by women and men entrepreneurs may differ, and to address whether the constraints and obstacles entrepreneurs face affect the productivity and performance of men’s and women’s businesses differently. |
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| The Economic Power of Women SmartEconomics, published in "Finance & Development" (July 2007)
This issue spotlights gender equality, about the progress made so far toward fulfilling the targets set out in the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3). Not only is MDG3 a vital development objective but it is also key to achieving several of the other MDGs. |
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 | Addressing Gender-Based Violence: A Critical Review of Interventions (Spring 2007) The World Bank Research Observer
This article highlights the progress in building a knowledge base on effective ways to increase access to justice for womenwho have experienced gender-based violence, offer quality services |
| Development Outreach
Development OUTREACH is a flagship magazine in the field of global knowledge for development which reflects the learning programs of the World Bank and presents a range of viewpoints by renowned authors and specialists worldwide. The magazine is designed to occupy a middle ground between the scholarly journal and the general interest magazine. |
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| Publications page - Regional and Thematic Gender Web Sites |
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