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단체저자명 | World Bank. |
서명/저자사항 | Opening doors[electronic resource] :gender equality and development in the Middle East and North Africa :the World Bank. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xvii, 187 pages) :color illustrations. |
총서사항 | MENA development report. |
총서부출표목 | MENA development report. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version Opening doors Washington, DC : World Bank, [2013], 9780821397633 |
ISBN | 9780821397640 (electronic bk.) 0821397648 (electronic bk.) 9781299224230 (MyiLibrary) 1299224237 (MyiLibrary) |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Gender equality in MENA : the facts and the puzzle -- Impressive achievements in human development -- Little discrimination between girls and boys within the household -- Of the lowest rates of excess female mortality in the world -- Rapid declines in maternal mortality -- More girls in school than in much of the world -- Virtually no gender gaps in enrolment, and reverse gender gaps in university, and math performance -- MENA's performance in human development is largely explained by economic development and wealth -- Some challenges remain -- The puzzle in MENA : why do women participate in such few numbers outside the home? -- Women in the workforce -- Women in business -- Women in politics -- What explains the mena puzzle? -- Religion is too simplistic an explanation -- Oil endowments alone cannot explain the paradox either -- Social norms and the legal framework limit women's agency -- Social and cultural norms constrain women's roles outside the home -- Evolving norms and the invisible hand of marriage -- Equality under the law and its enforcement is critical for women's agency -- Legal systems differ widely and derive from multiple sources -- Legal constraints to women's agency in MENA -- Economic incentives dampen participation in the workforce -- A social contract underpinned by a generous but costly welfare state -- Extensive public sector employment with generous compensation -- Generous subsidies encourage women to stay at home -- State regulation and intervention in the market -- Heavy investment in education, but not the kind that businesses want -- Unequal access to entrepreneurship opportunities -- The time for reform is now -- Aspirations are changing -- As education levels increase, female labor force participation will likely increase -- A demographic gift? -- The social contract is no longer sustainable -- Opening the door to women : policy directions -- A roadmap for reform -- Policies to address the region's challenges -- Closing the remaining gender gaps in human deelopment -- Expanding economic opportunities for women -- Closing gender gaps in voice and agency -- Supporting evidence-based policy making -- References -- Technical annex -- Appendix 1. |
일반주제명 | Sex discrimination against women -- Africa, North. Sex discrimination against women -- Middle East. Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Africa, North. Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Middle East. Women's rights -- Africa, North. Women's rights -- Middle East. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory Sex discrimination against women Women -- Legal status, laws, etc Women's rights |
주제명(지명) | Africa, NorthfastMiddle Eastfast |
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