Toward gender equality in East Asia and the Pacific
"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, th...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
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| Sprache: | English |
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Washington, D.C
World Bank
2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | World Bank East Asia and Pacific regional report
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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 |
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| Beschreibung: | "A companion to the World development report. - Includes bibliographical references 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 |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (p. cm) |
| ISBN: | 9780821396230 9780821396261 |