Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job,...

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Main Authors:	World Bank, International Finance Corporation
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO JOBS ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFFORDABILITY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BANK ACCOUNT BANK LOANS BANKS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAREER ADVANCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN CHILD CARE CHILD REARING CITIZENS COMPENSATION CORRUPTION COST OF HIRING WOMEN COURT CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT HISTORIES CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT REGISTRIES CULTURAL NORMS CUSTOMARY LAW DEDUCTIBLE DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISMISSAL DISSEMINATION DIVORCE DOMICILE EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC RIGHT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYER EMPOWERMENT ENTREPRENEUR EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN EQUAL STATUS EQUALITY EQUALITY FOR WOMEN EQUALITY OF WOMEN FAMILIES FAMILY BUSINESSES FAMILY WELFARE FEMALE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE HEAD FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FORMAL CREDIT FORMAL EQUALITY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FORMS OF GENDER GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN FEBRUARY GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES GENDER GAP GENDER INDICATORS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER LAW GENDER NEUTRAL GENDER PARITY GENDER STATISTICS GROUP OF WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HOME HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES HUSBAND IDENTITY DOCUMENTS IMMOVABLE PROPERTY INCOME GROUP INCOME TAX INCOME TAX LIABILITY INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INEQUALITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTORS INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN JUDGES LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAW LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES LACK OF PROPERTY LAND REGISTRATION LAW ON GENDER EQUALITY LAWS LAWS ON WOMEN LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL REFORM LEGAL RIGHTS LEGAL SERVICES LEGISLATION LIBERTIES LOAN LOAN AMOUNT MARITAL PROPERTY MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE LAW MARRIED COUPLE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMAN MATERNITY BENEFITS MATERNITY LEAVE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE LOANS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OVERDRAFT OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PARENTAL LEAVE PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN PATERNITY LEAVE PEACE PENSION PHYSICAL INTEGRITY POLITICAL CHANGE PREGNANT WOMEN PREJUDICE PRIVATE CREDIT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC CREDIT PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN REPAYMENT REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEN RESTRICTIONS FOR WOMEN RIGHTS FOR WOMEN SAVINGS SEX SEXUAL HARASSMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SMALL LOANS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL TABOOS SON PREFERENCE SPOUSAL VIOLENCE SPOUSE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX CREDITS TAX DEDUCTIONS TAX LEGISLATION UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS TREATY UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNMARRIED MAN UNMARRIED WOMAN WIFE WILL WOMAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP WOMEN EQUALITY WOMEN IN BUSINESS WOMEN WITH REGARD WOMEN WORKERS WORKFORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640661468168855444/Women-business-and-the-law-2012-removing-barriers-to-economic-inclusion-measuring-gender-parity-in-141-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27444

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Summary:	Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional trends and shows how economies are changing across these six areas, tracking governments' actions to expand economic opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job is the surest hope for a way out of poverty. It also requires good business regulation, suited to the purpose, streamlined and accessible, so that the opportunity to build a business or have a good job is dependent not on connections, wealth or power, but on an individual's initiative and ability. The doing business report has led the way in providing data to countries about creating a sounder and more streamlined business environment. Women, Business, and the Law 2012 are the second in this series of reports. This edition retains the same basic structure of the 2010 pilot edition, while significantly expanding the depth of data covered. While the number of topics covered is the same, there has been a significant expansion of the data collected within these topics, thus addressing some of the initial shortcomings of the pilot edition. The number of economies covered has also been expanded from 128 to 141.

Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

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