Investing in Gender Equality : Looking Ahead

The financial crisis of 2008-09 has highlighted the need for greater attention to gender, both to address the vulnerability of countries to global shocks and to reach growth and poverty reduction goals. Investments in girls and women need to be sca...

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Main Authors:	Buvinic, Mayra, Lunde, Trine, Sinha, Nistha
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS FOR WOMEN ACCESS TO QUALITY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO RURAL SERVICES ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT HEALTH ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADOLESCENTS ADULT MORTALITY AGED AGING AGING POPULATIONS AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ARMED CONFLICT BASIC REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BASIC REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES CASH CROPS CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD LABOR CHILDBIRTH COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPLICATIONS CRIME DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EARLY CHILDBEARING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EMPOWERING WOMEN EPIDEMIC EQUITABLE ACCESS EX-COMBATANTS FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FAMILY SUPPORT FEEDING PROGRAMS FEMALE SCHOOLING FEMALE WORKERS FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GAP BETWEEN GIRLS GENDER GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER PARITY GENDER ROLES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH NEEDS HIGH CHILD MORTALITY HIV HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS ILLNESS INCOME INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOUR ORGANIZATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW FERTILITY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY RISKS MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV TRANSMISSION NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION OLD-AGE OLDER MEN OLDER WOMEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PENSIONS PERINATAL MORBIDITY POLICY BRIEF POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR MATERNAL HEALTH POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE ADULT MORTALITY PRENATAL CARE PREVENTION EFFORTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RAPE REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS SEX SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE OF WOMEN SKILLED ATTENDANCE SKILLED HEALTH PROVIDER SOCIAL SECTORS STATUS OF WOMEN TARGETING TEEN TEEN PREGNANCIES TEENAGE MOTHERS TEENAGE PREGNANCY UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNMARRIED MEN URBAN AREAS USE OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VULNERABILITY WAR WARS WOMEN FARMERS WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULT YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/12572887/investing-gender-equality-looking-ahead http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10168

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Summary:	The financial crisis of 2008-09 has highlighted the need for greater attention to gender, both to address the vulnerability of countries to global shocks and to reach growth and poverty reduction goals. Investments in girls and women need to be scaled up substantially in response to this and other recent crises and, looking ahead, to alleviate demographic stresses and harness demographic opportunities for growth. This is the case because the fate of women and girls, especially in low-income countries and low-income households, is closely linked to the economic prospects of these countries and these households.

Investing in Gender Equality : Looking Ahead

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