Gender Equality and Economic Development: The Role for Information and Communication Technologies

Gender Equality and Economic Development: The Role for Information and Communication Technologies

The author focuses on the role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play in improving gender equality, so as to enhance long-term economic growth. Employing OLS and IV panel regressions with country fixed-effects, he shows tha...

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Main Author: Chen, Derek H. C.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
ACTIONS
ACTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AGED
CITIZENSHIP
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
EMPLOYMENT
EQUIPMENT
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALES
FERTILITY DECLINE
FORMAL EDUCATION
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER ROLES
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
HOMES
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN RIGHTS
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
INFORMAL SECTOR
INNOVATION
ISOLATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEGAL RIGHTS
LEGAL STATUS
LITERACY
MALE STUDENTS
MEDIA
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
NET ENROLLMENT
NET ENROLLMENT RATIOS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME GROWTH
POSITIVE IMPACT
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PUBLIC SERVICES
RADIO
REFUGEES
RURAL AREAS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE INDUSTRIES
SIBLINGS
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TRADITIONAL GENDER
UNEMPLOYMENT
UPBRINGING
URBAN POPULATION
URBANIZATION
WORKERS
YOUTH GENDER EQUALITY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONSTRAINTS
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
GIRL'S EDUCATION
WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET NEXUS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3583986/gender-equality-economic-development-role-information-communication-technologies-gender-equality-economic-development-role-information-communication-technologies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14306

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3583986/gender-equality-economic-development-role-information-communication-technologies-gender-equality-economic-development-role-information-communication-technologies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14306

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