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In Ländern mit schwachen staatlichen Institutionen nehmen informelle Institutionen und Regeln oft eine wichtige Stellung ein. Dazu gehören Familien- und Verwandschaftsstrukturen, Traditionen und soziale Normen. Wie können diese in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit genutzt werden, um zu einer...
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Efforts to establish, test and analyse hypotheses regarding cross-country variations in women’s economic status are hampered by the lack of a readily accessible and easily used information resource on the various dimensions of gender inequality. Addressing this gap, this paper introduces the...
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Donor agencies and policy makers tend to agree that increased access of women to education, health, credit, formal legal rights and employment opportunities, in conjunction with economic growth, will substantially improve the socio-economic role of women in developing countries. This paper...
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. Des institutions sociales profondément enracinées – normes, codes de conduite, lois et traditions – entraînent une discrimination entre les sexes. . La religion n’est pas systématiquement le vecteur d’une telle discrimination. Toutes les religions dominantes font preuve de...
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. Deeply rooted social institutions – societal norms, codes of conduct, laws and tradition – cause gender discrimination. . Religion per se does not systematically define such discrimination. All dominant religions show flexibility in interpreting the role of women in society. . The...
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This study addresses gender differentials in labour market outcomes in developing countries. There is emerging evidence that even though women in developing countries increasingly enter the labour force, they often end up in jobs with low pay, low security and limited social mobility. We find...
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