In many regions of the developing world girls continue to receive less education than boys. This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of policies in the education sector and outside it on household schooling investments in girls and boys, distinguishing between policies that are ostensibly...

This report addresses two questions: To what extent does public spending mitigate or exacerbate gender inequities in welfare in developing countries? How can existing allocations of public expenditure be changed to improve gender equity in the use of services such as health and education? It...

This paper analyses part of the controversy over export processing zones (EPZs)-the labour market and gender impacts-using unique time-series labour force survey data from an African setting: urban Madagascar, in which the EPZ (or Zone Franche) grew very rapidly during the 1990s. Employment in...

Auf der Basis von Erhebungsdaten in Conakry wird die Struktur eines typisch westafrikanischen Arbeitsmarktes untersucht. Gegenstand der Analyse sind vor allem drei Fragen: (1) Unterscheiden sich Arbeitsmarktsegmente (Selbstbeschäftigung/Lohnarbeit; Privatsektor/öffentlicher Sektor) im Hinblick...