Editor's Note
The lives of girls and women in developing countries have improved dramatically over the past quarter of a century. Female life expectancy at birth has increased dramatically to reach 71 years globally in 2007. Literacy rates have risen and in a third of developing countries there are more girls in...
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okr-10986-194892021-04-23T14:03:52Z Editor's Note Jimenez, Emmanuel Revenga, Ana L. Jimenez, Emmanuel Revenga, Ana L. advancement of women childhood dying e-mail Female gender gender equality gender inequality girls labor force life expectancy life expectancy at birth Literacy Literacy rates productivity rural development secondary school society WDR women in developing countries The lives of girls and women in developing countries have improved dramatically over the past quarter of a century. Female life expectancy at birth has increased dramatically to reach 71 years globally in 2007. Literacy rates have risen and in a third of developing countries there are more girls in secondary school than boys. Most strikingly, in more than half the developing countries more women attend university than men. Women have entered the labor force in massive numbers and now account for 40% of the global work force. Moreover, change has come much more quickly than it did historically in the rich countries. 2014-08-20T15:37:37Z 2014-08-20T15:37:37Z 2013-02 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19489 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article |
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The lives of girls and women in developing countries have improved dramatically over the past quarter of a century. Female life expectancy at birth has increased dramatically to reach 71 years globally in 2007. Literacy rates have risen and in a third of developing countries there are more girls in secondary school than boys. Most strikingly, in more than half the developing countries more women attend university than men. Women have entered the labor force in massive numbers and now account for 40% of the global work force. Moreover, change has come much more quickly than it did historically in the rich countries. |
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