'Missing Girls' in the South Caucasus Countries : Trends, Possible Causes, and Policy Options

'Missing Girls' in the South Caucasus Countries : Trends, Possible Causes, and Policy Options

Sex ratios at birth rose sharply in the South Caucasus countries after 1991, but recent data indicate that this trend is turning. What caused this rise, and what can be done to accelerate its normalization? Traditional kinship systems in the region...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Das Gupta, Monica
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
CHILD HEALTH
FERTILITY BEHAVIOR
MASS MEDIA
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION
KINSHIP
URBANIZATION
FAMILY TIES
YOUNG GIRLS
OLD AGE
SEX -SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
ADVOCACY EFFORTS
TRADITIONAL FAMILY
MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS
HEALTH EDUCATION
POLICY CHANGE
RATIO OF BOYS TO GIRLS
LABOR FORCE
ETHNIC GROUPS
DISCRIMINATION
HEALTH CARE
GENDER EQUITY
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
SOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POPULATION FUND
LEVELS OF FERTILITY
POPULATION RESEARCH CENTER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
GENDER BIAS
FEMALE MORTALITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
SAFETY NETS
TELEVISION
HEALTH SECTOR
PROTECTION MECHANISMS
PUBLIC POLICY
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
TRAINING
FORCED MIGRATION
PACE OF URBANIZATION
SMALL FAMILIES
FERTILITY RATES
POPULATION DIVISION
BABY
INDUSTRIALIZATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
FERTILITY RATE
MIGRATION
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
MORTALITY RATE
FEMALE CHILDREN
MARRIAGE
TUBERCULOSIS
PUBLIC SPHERE
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
FAMILY COMPOSITION
SEX -SELECTIVE ABORTION
TV
RULE OF LAW
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE
MORTALITY
RADIO
SEX RATIOS
PROGRESS
LIVE BIRTH
INFANT
GENDER GAPS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EXCESS MORTALITY
OLDER PEOPLE
POLICIES
SOCIAL SERVICES
MASS COMMUNICATION
WOMAN
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
ECONOMIC STATUS
PENSIONS
URBAN AREAS
FAMILY PLANNING
SOCIAL SCIENCE
POPULATION RESEARCH
REFUGEES
SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
PUBLIC LIFE
MOTHER
MALARIA
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
POLICY
CITIZENS
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
CHILD MORTALITY
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SEX
HUMAN RIGHTS
MATERNAL HEALTH
POPULATION POLICY
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
RESOLUTION
WAR
WORLD POPULATION
CENSUSES
POPULATION ASSOCIATION
RURAL AREAS
OLDER PERSONS
LOWER FERTILITY
POPULATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
UNFPA
SEX RATIO
FERTILITY
SOCIAL CHANGE
CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
WOMEN
INHERITANCE
FERTILITY DECLINE
REMITTANCES
URBAN POPULATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
HEALTH SERVICES
ABORTION
BOTH SEXES
GENDER EQUALITY
EXTENDED FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
SON PREFERENCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24333343/“missing-girls”-south-caucasus-countries-trends-possible-causes-policy-options
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21850

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24333343/“missing-girls”-south-caucasus-countries-trends-possible-causes-policy-options
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21850

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