Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal

Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal

By measuring where the law treats men and women differently, this book shines a light on how women's incentives or capacity to work are affected by the legal environment and provides a basis for improving regulation. The fourth edition in a series, this book examines laws and regulations af...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Book
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
Subjects:
discrimination
domestic violence
empowering women
equal rights
gender disparities
gender equality
gender inequality
women
women's rights
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22546
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spelling okr-10986-225462021-04-23T14:04:09Z Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal World Bank Group discrimination domestic violence empowering women equal rights gender disparities gender equality gender inequality women women's rights By measuring where the law treats men and women differently, this book shines a light on how women's incentives or capacity to work are affected by the legal environment and provides a basis for improving regulation. The fourth edition in a series, this book examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees in 173 economies, across seven areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit, going to court, and protecting women from violence. The report's quantitative indicators are intended to inform research and policy discussions on how to improve women's economic opportunities and outcomes. 2015-08-26T19:45:52Z 2015-08-26T19:45:52Z 2015-09-09 Book 978-1-4648-0677-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22546 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic discrimination
domestic violence
empowering women
equal rights
gender disparities
gender equality
gender inequality
women
women's rights
spellingShingle discrimination
domestic violence
empowering women
equal rights
gender disparities
gender equality
gender inequality
women
women's rights
World Bank Group
Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal
description By measuring where the law treats men and women differently, this book shines a light on how women's incentives or capacity to work are affected by the legal environment and provides a basis for improving regulation. The fourth edition in a series, this book examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees in 173 economies, across seven areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit, going to court, and protecting women from violence. The report's quantitative indicators are intended to inform research and policy discussions on how to improve women's economic opportunities and outcomes.
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author World Bank Group
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title Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal
title_short Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal
title_full Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal
title_fullStr Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal
title_full_unstemmed Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal
title_sort women, business and the law 2016 : getting to equal
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22546
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