Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania

Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Albania rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Albania is not capitalizing on its educa...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2018
Subjects:
GENDER GAP
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LIVING STANDARDS
GENDER EQUALITY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
LABOR POLICY
REGULATION
HIRING BIAS
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/759301521783782150/Albania-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29586
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spelling okr-10986-295862021-05-25T09:13:09Z Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania World Bank Group GENDER GAP FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LIVING STANDARDS GENDER EQUALITY CHILDCARE ELDERCARE TAXATION LABOR POLICY REGULATION HIRING BIAS ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO FINANCE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Albania rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Albania is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as less than half (45.5 percent) of 15-64-year-old women are actively contributing to the economy through employment. Closing gender gaps in access to economic opportunities requires removing the existing barriers and disincentives to employment and entrepreneurship for women. Needed steps include: (i) improving access to assets and productive inputs, (ii) providing access to child- and eldercare, (iii) eliminating disincentives and barriers embedded in labor taxation and regulation, and (iv) increasing the employability of women through effective active labor market policies and adequate skills and training. Cross-cutting policies around social norms and discrimination, better access to information, and improved monitoring and evaluation systems are also important. 2018-04-02T18:51:11Z 2018-04-02T18:51:11Z 2017 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/759301521783782150/Albania-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29586 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Europe and Central Asia Albania
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topic GENDER GAP
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LIVING STANDARDS
GENDER EQUALITY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
LABOR POLICY
REGULATION
HIRING BIAS
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle GENDER GAP
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LIVING STANDARDS
GENDER EQUALITY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
LABOR POLICY
REGULATION
HIRING BIAS
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
World Bank Group
Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania
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Albania
description Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Albania rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Albania is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as less than half (45.5 percent) of 15-64-year-old women are actively contributing to the economy through employment. Closing gender gaps in access to economic opportunities requires removing the existing barriers and disincentives to employment and entrepreneurship for women. Needed steps include: (i) improving access to assets and productive inputs, (ii) providing access to child- and eldercare, (iii) eliminating disincentives and barriers embedded in labor taxation and regulation, and (iv) increasing the employability of women through effective active labor market policies and adequate skills and training. Cross-cutting policies around social norms and discrimination, better access to information, and improved monitoring and evaluation systems are also important.
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title Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania
title_short Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania
title_full Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania
title_fullStr Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Albania
title_sort promoting women's access to economic opportunities : albania
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/759301521783782150/Albania-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
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