Governance and Women's Economic and Political Participation : Power Inequalities, Formal Constraints and Norms

Governance and Women's Economic and Political Participation : Power Inequalities, Formal Constraints and Norms

What role do institutional constraints and social norms play in determining persistent gender gapsin economic and political participation and have institutional reforms been successful in reducing these gaps? This paper argues that, at the roots of...

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Main Authors: Milazzo, Annamaria, Goldstein, Markus
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
GOVERNANCE
GENDER GAP
SOCIAL NORMS
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
INEQUALITY
SOCIAL INCLUSION
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/506661497953688370/World-development-report-2017-Governance-and-womens-economic-and-political-participation-power-inequalities-formal-constraints-and-norms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27267

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/506661497953688370/World-development-report-2017-Governance-and-womens-economic-and-political-participation-power-inequalities-formal-constraints-and-norms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27267

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