Opening doors : gender equality and development in the Middle East and North Africa / / The World Bank.
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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | MENA development report
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Physical Description: | xvii, 187 p. :; col. ill. |
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245 | 0 | 0 | |a Opening doors |h [electronic resource] : |b gender equality and development in the Middle East and North Africa / |c The World Bank. |
260 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b World Bank, |c 2013. | ||
300 | |a xvii, 187 p. : |b col. ill. | ||
440 | 0 | |a MENA development report | |
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
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650 | 0 | |a Women's rights |z Africa, North. | |
650 | 0 | |a Sex discrimination against women |z Middle East. | |
650 | 0 | |a Sex discrimination against women |z Africa, North. | |
650 | 0 | |a Women |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z Middle East. | |
650 | 0 | |a Women |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z Africa, North. | |
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710 | 2 | |a World Bank. | |
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