
World Development Report 2012 : Gender Equality and Development.
Title:
World Development Report 2012 : Gender Equality and Development.
Author:
Bank, World.
ISBN:
9780821388129
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (680 pages)
Series:
World Development Report
Contents:
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Main messages -- Overview -- Why does gender equality matter for development? -- What does this Report do? -- Where has there been the most progress in gender equality? -- Where have gender inequalities persisted and why? -- What is to be done? -- The political economy of reforms for gender equality -- A global agenda for greater gender equality -- Notes -- References -- Introduction: A guide to the Report -- Gender equality and development: Why do the links matter? -- What does this Report do? -- Navigating this Report: A roadmap -- Notes -- References -- Part I: Taking stock of gender equality -- Chapter 1: A wave of progress -- Times are changing? -- Rising global consensus for women's rights -- Better outcomes for women in many domains -- Change begets change -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: The persistence of gender inequality -- Severely disadvantaged populations -- "Sticky" domains, despite economic progress -- Reversals -- "Sticky" gets "stickier" -- Notes -- References -- Spread 1: Women's pathways to empowerment: Do all roads lead to Rome? -- Notes -- References -- Part II: What has driven progress? What impedes it? -- Explaining the framework -- Applying the framework -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Education and health: Where do gender differences really matter? -- Endowments matter -- Education -- Health -- Technical Annex 3.1 Computing the flow of missing girls at birth and excess female mortality after birth.
Chapter summary: In reducing gender gaps in education and health, tremendous progress has been made where lifting a single barrier-in households, markets, or institutions-is sufficient to improve outcomes. Progress has been slower either where multiple barriers need to be lifted at the same time or where a single point of entry produces bottlenecks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Promoting women's agency -- Women's agency matters -- Economic growth can promote women's agency but has limited impact -- Rights and their effective implementation shape women's choices and voices -- Social norms prevent-or promote-gains in women's agency -- Women's collective agency can shape institutions, markets, and social norms -- Chapter summary: Women continue to have less capacity than men to exercise agency -- Notes -- References -- Spread 2: The decline of the breadwinner: Men in the 21st century -- Note -- Chapter 5: Gender differences in employment and why they matter -- Understanding gender differences in productivity and earnings -- What explains employment segregation by gender? A first look -- Gender, time use, and employment segregation -- Gender differences in access to productive inputs and employment segregation -- Gender impacts of "aggregate" market and institutional failures -- Breaking out of the productivity trap: How and why to do it -- Chapter summary: Persistent employment segregation by gender traps women in low-productivity, low-paying jobs -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Globalization's impact on gender equality: What's happened and what's needed -- The world is becoming more integrated-Recent trends and facts -- Trade openness and ICTs have increased women's access to economic opportunities -- Adapt or miss the boat -- Globalization could also promote more egalitarian gender roles and norms -- Old problems, emerging risks.
Is the glass half full or half empty? The need for public action -- Chapter summary: Globalization has the potential to contribute to greater gender equality -- Notes -- References -- Spread 3: Changing ages, changing bodies, changing times-Adolescent boys and girls -- Note -- Part III: The role of and potential for public action -- Choosing the right policies -- Enabling policy implementation -- The global agenda for action -- Chapter 7: Public action for gender equality -- Policies to reduce gaps in health and education -- Policies to improve economic opportunities -- Policies to improve women's agency -- Avoiding the reproduction of gender inequalities across generations for adolescents and young adults -- Making gender-smart policies: Focusing "gender mainstreaming" -- Wanted: Better evidence -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: The political economy of gender reform -- Informal institutions-Social networks as agents of change -- Inclusive markets -- Bringing gender into formal institutions and policies -- Seizing windows of opportunities -- Pathways to change -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: A global agenda for greater gender equality -- Rationale for and focus of a global agenda -- What to do and how to do it -- Notes -- References -- Bibliographical Note -- Background Papers and Notes -- Selected Indicators -- Selected World Development Indicators -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
The WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the context of the development process. The report will consider gender equality as a core development goal in itself, and will argue that gender equality matters for the pace of development. Improvements in gender equality can generate gains in economic efficiency and improvements in other development outcomes. And gender equality has consequences for the quality and representativeness of the institutions a society develops.For key dimensions of gender equality, the report will show that although many women around the world still continue to struggle with gender-based disadvantages, much has changed for the better and at a more rapid pace than ever before. But the report will also show that progress needs to be expanded, protected and deepened.In order to understand why progress has varied across dimensions of gender equality and between countries, the report will look at how markets interact with formal and informal institutions to influence household decision-making by providing incentives, shaping preferences, or imposing constraints. Markets and institutions can combine to provide strong incentives for greater gender equality, but can also fail to do so if they treat males and females differentially.Policymakers and practitioners still face gaps in knowledge both in how gender equality matters for development and how best to incorporate these links in policy design. This WDR aims to bridge these gaps by building upon the growing body of multidisciplinary theory, evidence, and data on these links while highlighting the knowledge gaps that remain.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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