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Engendering Development is a Policy Research Report by the World Bank focusing on gender issues and their broad economic and social implications in developing and transitional countries.

TitleEngendering development : through gender equality in rights, resources, and voice
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsKing, EM, Mason, AD
Secondary TitleWorld Bank policy research report
Paginationxix, 364 p. : 16 boxes, 41 fig., 11 tab.
Date Published2001-01-01
PublisherOxford University Press
Place PublishedNew York, NY, USA
ISBN Number0195215966
Keywordsconstraints, economic aspects, economic development, gender, legislation, sdigen, social aspects
Abstract

Engendering Development is a Policy Research Report by the World Bank focusing on gender issues and their broad economic and social implications in developing and transitional countries. The report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies. The evidence presented shows that societies that discriminate by gender pay a high price in terms of their ability to develop and to reduce poverty. To promote gender equality, the report proposes a 3-part strategy emphasizing institutional reforms, based on a foundation of equal rights for women and men; policies for sustained economic development; and active measures to redress persistent gender disparities.
Engendering Development, which presents new data and analyses and reviews an extensive development literature, is intended as a tool for policy makers, development specialists, and members of civil society who are promoting, designing, and implementing effective and sustainable development strategies.

NotesBibliography: p. 321-357 Includes index and glossary
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