This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...

At the beginning of the industrial development process, economic indicators usually register very similar levels, but as industrial growth speeds up, agriculture begins to fall behind in terms of poductivity. A comparison of Latin American and industrial countries provides evidence, however,...