Emerging Europe and Central Asia - Opportunities for men and women

Europe and Central Asia have suffered a setback in economic growth because of the recent global crisis, which revealed fundamental structural weaknesses previously hidden by the prosperity before the crisis. The major weaknesses are the large savin...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Poverty Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO JOBS ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADULT MEN ADULT MORTALITY ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOLISM BABY CANCER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CAUSES OF DEATH CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD-CARE CHILDBIRTH CITIZENS DECLINE IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHERS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DRUG ABUSE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATION SYSTEMS ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE ELDERLY PERSONS ELDERLY POPULATION ELDERLY WOMEN EMERGENCY CARE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL TREATMENT EQUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY POLICIES FAMILY WORK FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY FEMALE MORTALITY FEMALE POPULATION FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FIRST BIRTH FORMS OF CONTRACEPTION FREEDOM OF CHOICE GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER BIAS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY GENDER GAPS GENDER GAPS IN LITERACY GENDER IMBALANCE GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER ISSUES GENDER NEUTRAL GENDER PARITY GENDER PERSPECTIVE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWING HEALTH CRISIS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH DEATH RATES HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES ILL HEALTH ILLITERACY INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LARGE FAMILIES LEVELS OF MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SPANS LIFELONG LEARNING LIFESTYLES LITERACY RATES LIVE BIRTHS LONGER LIFE LOW FERTILITY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALE MORTALITY MALE PARTICIPATION MARKET ECONOMY MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNITY LEAVE MIGRATION MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL SECURITY NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF PERSONS NUMBER OF WOMEN OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARENTAL LEAVE PENSIONS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POOR GIRLS POOR HEALTH POPULATION EXPLOSION POPULATION PROFILES PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RELIANCE ON ABORTION REMITTANCES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESOURCE NEEDS RESPECT ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOL LEVELS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SEX SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBSISTENCE FARMING TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY LEVEL TERTIARY LEVELS TRAINING WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WAGE GAP WOMAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORK EXPERIENCE WORK FORCE WORKING POPULATION WORKING WOMEN WORKING-AGE POPULATION YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG POPULATIONS
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Summary:	Europe and Central Asia have suffered a setback in economic growth because of the recent global crisis, which revealed fundamental structural weaknesses previously hidden by the prosperity before the crisis. The major weaknesses are the large savings deficits, the lagging reforms in the social sectors, and the deterioration in competitiveness. Policies can address these weaknesses by taking into account the role of the behavior of firms, public spending on health and education, the consequences of demographic pressures, particularly on pension systems, and the bottlenecks created by skilled labor force shortages. This report reviews the performance of women and men during the past decade in three spheres: human capital, labor markets, and entrepreneurship. Similar to World Development Report 2012 (World Bank 2011a), it looks at the dimensions of endowments and economic opportunities. However, it does not cover issues related to agency, that is, the ability of actors to make independent choices and exercise control over their own actions. The data are analyzed to determine whether women and men are performing well compared with each other, but also how they fare in a global context. The analysis is primarily quantitative and mines various data sets. This is strength of the report because a quantitative analysis can add value by providing some measure of the degree of differences in the outcomes observed. Yet, it is a weakness as well because the outcomes are measured, but not always explained. Consequently, more work is needed in this area, especially qualitative analysis that is followed up by targeted quantitative surveys.

Emerging Europe and Central Asia - Opportunities for men and women

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