Toward gender equality in East Asia and the Pacific : a companion to the World Development Report.

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0821396234
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012.
• Mô tả vật lý: xix, 248 pages : , color illustrations ; , 27 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 146670
• Chủ đề: 1. Sex discrimination against women--Asia; 2. Sex discrimination against women--Pacific Area; 3. Women in development--Asia; 4. Women in development--Pacific Area; 5. Women's rights--Asia; 6. Women's rights--Pacific Area

Includes bibliographical references.

Tóm tắt

 "Examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive development in East Asian and Pacific countries. Written as a companion to the World Development Report 2012 on gender equality and development, the report finds that promoting gender equality contributes to higher productivity, income growth, and poverty reduction
  improves the opportunities and outcomes for the next generation
  and enhances the quality of development policymaking. It contributes to the understanding of gender and development policymaking in several important ways. First, the report presents new data and evidence that significantly strengthen the empirical basis for policymaking on gender and development in the region. Second, the report provides new analysis of the gender dimensions and policy implications of several global trends that are particularly important in the region, including increasing economic integration, rapid adoption of new information and communication technologies, rising domestic and international migration flows, rapid urbanization, and population aging"--Provided by publisher.