Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo

Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo

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

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
GENDER GAP
LIVING STANDARDS
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
REGULATION
TAXATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
GENDER EQUALITY
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/602391521457602814/Kosovo-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29587
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spelling okr-10986-295872021-05-25T09:13:10Z Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo World Bank Group GENDER GAP LIVING STANDARDS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR POLICY ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO LAND REGULATION TAXATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CHILDCARE ELDERCARE GENDER EQUALITY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN GENDER BIAS HIRING BIAS Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Kosovo rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Kosovo is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 11.5 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. 2018-04-02T18:57:12Z 2018-04-02T18:57:12Z 2017 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/602391521457602814/Kosovo-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29587 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Europe and Central Asia Kosovo
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topic GENDER GAP
LIVING STANDARDS
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
REGULATION
TAXATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
GENDER EQUALITY
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
spellingShingle GENDER GAP
LIVING STANDARDS
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
REGULATION
TAXATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
GENDER EQUALITY
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
World Bank Group
Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Kosovo
description Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Kosovo rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Kosovo is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 11.5 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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author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
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title Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo
title_short Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo
title_full Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo
title_fullStr Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Kosovo
title_sort promoting women's access to economic opportunities : kosovo
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/602391521457602814/Kosovo-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29587
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