Labor regulations designed to protect workers, promote workplace equality, and improve working conditions achieve social objectives and affect international competitiveness. Considering these dual outcomes has taken on added urgency as Asian economies adjust to an increase in global competition...

An undergraduate course in development economics presents an ideal opportunity to introduce students to the importance of gender differences in economic outcomes. This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into development economics courses based on standard textbooks is...

1. Engendering development strategies and macroeconomic policies : what's sound and sensible? / Gunseli Berik and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers -- 2. The road to gender equality : global trends and the way forward / Stephanie Seguino -- 3. Making policy work for women : gender, foreign direct...