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For all of our age's technological advances, service innovations, and instant connectivity, gender inequality …), knowing where to start integrating gender equality concerns into our work can be daunting. However daunting, the incorporation … of gender considerations is uniquely important for PPPs, where private-service providers become the main interface with …
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The government of Malawi has committed to addressing gender inequality and improving women's wellbeing. The government … be addressed. While the MDGS III and the Malawi 2063 Vision both include a focus on gender equality, this is largely done … through a human capital and voice and agency lens, with considerably less focus on how closing gender gaps in the productive …
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This is a sector report on demographics in Ethiopia. The first part of this study puts the population issue in Ethiopia in perspective. Chapter 1 updates Ethiopia's demographic profile, looking in particular at the size of its population, its age structure, the speed at which it grows and its...
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The Chile Country gender assessments (CGAs) identify gender-responsive policies and actions are strategic for poverty … experience. The report focus on the gender equality in the labor markets; improve access to financial services; expand access to … growth gaps of increasing female labor force participation or reducing the gender gap. …
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If Pakistan is to reduce gender gaps and achieve its development goals, policy interventions will require a dual focus … gender inequality are to be reversed. What role does public policy play? In many cases minor changes in laws and institutions … institutional reforms and economic growth may make limited and slow progress? Active policy measures to promote gender equality in …
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assistance. From the perspective of the Bank, this initiative provided a timely forum to discuss the potential of gender …
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government offices and institutions to establish equitable and gender-sensitive public policies. The Government of Ethiopia in … capacity of the regional governments. While the central level of government promoted gender-sensitive policies and development …
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The note presents an overview on gender strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa, and, illustrates the direct relevance of … specific, regional gender characteristics, to its socioeconomic development. Strategic objectives point at increasing women … gender-differentiated impacts of policies, and programs, and, to define ways to overcome gender barriers in the access to …
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mountainous areas. Gender differences in mobility and access are also affected by ability to pay for transport services. Most … setting than men. Gender and Transport capacity building needs to be grounded in practical, on-the ground country realities in … the transport sector and draw on the experience of transport specialists who have addressed gender in their work or …
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Gender-poverty-environment links: a focus on the links between gender disparity, poverty and environmental degradation … reduction, environmental conservation and gender equality. The Social Development Department (SDV) of the World Bank conducted …, environmental degradation, and gender inequality, and how to foster a positive synergy in the sustainable development sector e …
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