 | Toward Gender Equality: The Role of Public Policy (WB, 1995, 88 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Foreword |
| | Acknowledgments |
|  | Definitions and Data Notes |
| | Definitions |
| | Data Notes |
| | Summary |
| | Progress to Date |
| | Why Do Gender Inequalities Persist? |
| | Strategies for the Future |
| | Conclusion |
| | Chapter one |
| | Gender Inequalities Persist |
| | Education |
| | Health |
| | Employment Work |
| | Chapter two |
| | Gender Inequalities Hamper Growth |
| | Household and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation |
| | Linkages between Education Health, and Nutritious |
| | Household and Labor Market Linkages |
| | Formal Sector Employment |
| | Informal Sector |
| | Access to Financial Markets |
| | Access to Lund and Property |
| | Access to Extension Services |
| | Conclusion |
| | Chapter three |
| | Public Policies Matter |
| | Equalizing Opportunities by Modifying, the Legal Framework |
| | Land and Property Rights |
| | Labor Market Policies and Employment Law |
| | Family Law |
| | Women's bargaining position in relation to household |
| | Financial Laws and Regulations |
| | Macroeconomic: Policies |
| | Inflation tends to hit women harder than men. |
| | Sectoral Investments |
| | Using Targeting Measures to Narrow the Gender |
| | Involving Beneficiaries in Public Policy |
| | Generating and Analyzing Gender-Desegregated Data |
| | Working in Collaboration |
| | Strengthening International Policies to Meet New Challenges |
| | Conclusions |
| | Notes |
| | References |
Data Notes
Unless otherwise specified, dollar amounts are current U.S. dollars. A billion is a thousand million.
The data used in this report cover a range of time periods and are from more than 100 countries (both developing and industrial).
Unless otherwise specified, geographic regions are those used by the World Bank in its analytical and operational work and are defined as follows:
sub-Saharan Africa countries south of the Sahara except Africa.
East Asia and the Pacific: low- and middle-income economies of East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Europe and Central Asia. middle-income European countries and the countries that formed the former Soviet Union.
Latin America anti the Caribbean all American and Caribbean economies south of the United States.
Middle East and North Africa all the economies of North Africa and the Middle East.
South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India. Myantnar, Nepal, Pakistan. and Sri Lanka.
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