Gender equality and development

The World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. It is also smart economics. Greater gender equality can enhance productivity, improve development outcomes for the next generation, and make institutions...

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Corporate Author: World Bank
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank , c2011
Series:World development report 2012
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505 0 |a 1. Taking stock of gender equality -- 2. What has driven progress? What impedes it -- 3. The role of and potential for public action 
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