Gender, Poverty and Demography

• Tác giả: Mayra Buvinic
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 780.81 Music
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 318913
• Chủ đề: 1. adult mortality; 2. armed conflict; 3. child mortality; 4. demographic change; 5. dependency ratios

Tóm tắt

Much has been written on gender inequality and how it affects fertility and mortality outcomes as well as economic outcomes. What is not well understood is the role of gender inequality, embedded in the behavior of the family, the market, and society, in mediating the impact of demographic processes on economic outcomes. This article reviews the empirical evidence on the possible economic impacts of gender inequalities that work by exacerbating demographic stresses associated with different demographic scenarios and reducing the prospects of gains when demographic conditions improve. It defines four demographic scenarios and discusses which public policies are more effective in each scenario in reducing the constraints that gender inequality imposes on poverty reduction