Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction and Economic Rationale -- Purpose and Structure of the Guide -- Why Gender Matters in Investment Climate Reform -- 1 Unequal Distribution of Women's Economic Activities -- 2 What Gender Disparity Means for Policy Makers -- 3 Gender-Specific Challenges and Responses in Investment Climate Work -- Notes -- Core Module: Gender-Informed Baseline for Diagnostics, Solution Design, Implementation, and Monitoring and Evaluation -- Summary -- Step 1 Core Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A International Treaties and Commitments -- Annex B Core Module Baseline Indicators and Principal Data Sources -- Annex C Checklist of Key Issues -- Notes -- Module 1: Public-Private Dialogue -- Summary -- Introduction -- What Is PPD and Why Does Gender Matter? -- Step 1 Diagnostic -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A PPD Evaluation Wheel -- Notes -- Module 2: Business Entry and Operations: Registration, Licensing, and Permits -- Summary -- Why Gender Matters -- Step 1 Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A Sample Questionnaire for Business Owners -- Annex B Business Licensing Reform: Application of Standard Cost Model and Compliance Cost Tool -- Annex C Legal Checklist -- Notes -- Module 3: Business Taxation -- Summary -- Why Gender Matters -- Step 1 Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A Tax Policy Checklist -- Annex B Sample Questionnaire for Business Owners -- Notes -- Module 4: Trade Logistics -- Summary -- Why Gender Matters -- Step 1 Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A Sample Questionnaire for Business Owners -- Notes.

Module 5: Secured Lending -- Summary -- Why Gender Matters -- Step 1 Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A Checklist of Questions for Commercial Bank and Lending Institution Owners -- Annex B Sample Questionnaire for Business Owners -- Annex C Legal Checklist -- Annex D Capacity Building Checklist -- Notes -- Module 6: Alternative Dispute Resolution -- Summary -- Why Gender Matters -- Step 1 Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A Sample Questionnaire for Business Owners -- Annex B Legal Checklist -- Notes -- Module 7: Special Economic Zones -- Summary -- Why Gender Matters -- Step 1 Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A Legal and Policy Checklist -- Annex B Sample Questionnaire for Employees -- Annex C Institutional Gender Equality Checklist -- Notes -- Module 8: Foreign Investment Policy and Promotion -- Summary -- Why Gender Matters -- Step 1 Diagnostics -- Step 2 Solution Design -- Step 3 Implementation and M&E -- Annex A Institutional Gender Equality Checklist -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.