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World development report 2012 : Gender equality and development - Washington D C The World Bank 2011 - 426p xx

Contents:
Overview;
Introduction: A guide to the report;
Part I Taking stock of gender equality;
1. A wave of progress;
2. The persistence of gender inequality;
Part 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 factor on gender equality: What's happened and what's needed;
Part III-The role of and potential for public action;
7. Public action for gender equality;
8. Political economy of gender reform;
9. A global agenda for greater gender equality.

ISBN: 9780821388105

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Economic Development2. Gender Equality

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9 WOR