Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job,...

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Main Authors: World Bank, International Finance Corporation
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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SEX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640661468168855444/Women-business-and-the-law-2012-removing-barriers-to-economic-inclusion-measuring-gender-parity-in-141-economies
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topic ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO JOBS
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
AFFORDABILITY
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK LOANS
BANKS
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN
CHILD CARE
CHILD REARING
CITIZENS
COMPENSATION
CORRUPTION
COST OF HIRING WOMEN
COURT
CREDIT BUREAU
CREDIT HISTORIES
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT REGISTRIES
CULTURAL NORMS
CUSTOMARY LAW
DEDUCTIBLE
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISMISSAL
DISSEMINATION
DIVORCE
DOMICILE
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC RIGHT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYER
EMPOWERMENT
ENTREPRENEUR
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN
EQUAL STATUS
EQUALITY
EQUALITY FOR WOMEN
EQUALITY OF WOMEN
FAMILIES
FAMILY BUSINESSES
FAMILY WELFARE
FEMALE
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
FEMALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FINANCIAL CAPITAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FORMAL CREDIT
FORMAL EQUALITY
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FORMS OF GENDER
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUALITY IN FEBRUARY
GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES
GENDER GAP
GENDER INDICATORS
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER LAW
GENDER NEUTRAL
GENDER PARITY
GENDER STATISTICS
GROUP OF WOMEN
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
HOME
HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
HUSBAND
IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
INCOME GROUP
INCOME TAX
INCOME TAX LIABILITY
INDIVIDUAL WOMEN
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTORS
INHERITANCE
INHERITANCE RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
JOB CREATION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
JUDGES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR LAW
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES
LACK OF PROPERTY
LAND REGISTRATION
LAW ON GENDER EQUALITY
LAWS
LAWS ON WOMEN
LEGAL CHANGES
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL RIGHTS
LEGAL SERVICES
LEGISLATION
LIBERTIES
LOAN
LOAN AMOUNT
MARITAL PROPERTY
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIAGE LAW
MARRIED COUPLE
MARRIED MEN
MARRIED WOMAN
MATERNITY BENEFITS
MATERNITY LEAVE
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MICROFINANCE LOANS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
OVERDRAFT
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PARENTAL LEAVE
PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN
PATERNITY LEAVE
PEACE
PENSION
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
POLITICAL CHANGE
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREJUDICE
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROVISION OF SERVICES
PUBLIC CREDIT
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SERVICE
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN
REPAYMENT
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEN
RESTRICTIONS FOR WOMEN
RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
SAVINGS
SEX
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
SMALL LOANS
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SOCIAL RIGHTS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL TABOOS
SON PREFERENCE
SPOUSAL VIOLENCE
SPOUSE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TAX CREDITS
TAX DEDUCTIONS
TAX LEGISLATION
UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
UNITED NATIONS TREATY
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
UNMARRIED MAN
UNMARRIED WOMAN
WIFE
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
WOMEN EQUALITY
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
WOMEN WITH REGARD
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKFORCE
spellingShingle ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO JOBS
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
AFFORDABILITY
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK LOANS
BANKS
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN
CHILD CARE
CHILD REARING
CITIZENS
COMPENSATION
CORRUPTION
COST OF HIRING WOMEN
COURT
CREDIT BUREAU
CREDIT HISTORIES
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT REGISTRIES
CULTURAL NORMS
CUSTOMARY LAW
DEDUCTIBLE
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISMISSAL
DISSEMINATION
DIVORCE
DOMICILE
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC RIGHT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYER
EMPOWERMENT
ENTREPRENEUR
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN
EQUAL STATUS
EQUALITY
EQUALITY FOR WOMEN
EQUALITY OF WOMEN
FAMILIES
FAMILY BUSINESSES
FAMILY WELFARE
FEMALE
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
FEMALE HEAD
FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FINANCIAL CAPITAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FORMAL CREDIT
FORMAL EQUALITY
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FORMS OF GENDER
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUALITY IN FEBRUARY
GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES
GENDER GAP
GENDER INDICATORS
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER LAW
GENDER NEUTRAL
GENDER PARITY
GENDER STATISTICS
GROUP OF WOMEN
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
HOME
HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
HUSBAND
IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
INCOME GROUP
INCOME TAX
INCOME TAX LIABILITY
INDIVIDUAL WOMEN
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTORS
INHERITANCE
INHERITANCE RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
JOB CREATION
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
JUDGES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR LAW
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES
LACK OF PROPERTY
LAND REGISTRATION
LAW ON GENDER EQUALITY
LAWS
LAWS ON WOMEN
LEGAL CHANGES
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL RIGHTS
LEGAL SERVICES
LEGISLATION
LIBERTIES
LOAN
LOAN AMOUNT
MARITAL PROPERTY
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIAGE LAW
MARRIED COUPLE
MARRIED MEN
MARRIED WOMAN
MATERNITY BENEFITS
MATERNITY LEAVE
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MICROFINANCE LOANS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
OVERDRAFT
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PARENTAL LEAVE
PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN
PATERNITY LEAVE
PEACE
PENSION
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
POLITICAL CHANGE
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREJUDICE
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROVISION OF SERVICES
PUBLIC CREDIT
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SERVICE
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN
REPAYMENT
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEN
RESTRICTIONS FOR WOMEN
RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
SAVINGS
SEX
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
SMALL LOANS
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SOCIAL RIGHTS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL TABOOS
SON PREFERENCE
SPOUSAL VIOLENCE
SPOUSE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TAX CREDITS
TAX DEDUCTIONS
TAX LEGISLATION
UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
UNITED NATIONS TREATY
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
UNMARRIED MAN
UNMARRIED WOMAN
WIFE
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
WOMEN EQUALITY
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
WOMEN WITH REGARD
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKFORCE
World Bank
International Finance Corporation
Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
description Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional trends and shows how economies are changing across these six areas, tracking governments' actions to expand economic opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job is the surest hope for a way out of poverty. It also requires good business regulation, suited to the purpose, streamlined and accessible, so that the opportunity to build a business or have a good job is dependent not on connections, wealth or power, but on an individual's initiative and ability. The doing business report has led the way in providing data to countries about creating a sounder and more streamlined business environment. Women, Business, and the Law 2012 are the second in this series of reports. This edition retains the same basic structure of the 2010 pilot edition, while significantly expanding the depth of data covered. While the number of topics covered is the same, there has been a significant expansion of the data collected within these topics, thus addressing some of the initial shortcomings of the pilot edition. The number of economies covered has also been expanded from 128 to 141.
format Working Paper
author World Bank
International Finance Corporation
author_facet World Bank
International Finance Corporation
author_sort World Bank
title Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
title_short Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
title_full Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
title_fullStr Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
title_full_unstemmed Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
title_sort women, business and the law 2012 : removing barriers to economic inclusion
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640661468168855444/Women-business-and-the-law-2012-removing-barriers-to-economic-inclusion-measuring-gender-parity-in-141-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27444
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spelling okr-10986-274442021-04-23T14:04:42Z Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion World Bank International Finance Corporation ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO JOBS ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFFORDABILITY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BANK ACCOUNT BANK LOANS BANKS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAREER ADVANCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN CHILD CARE CHILD REARING CITIZENS COMPENSATION CORRUPTION COST OF HIRING WOMEN COURT CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT HISTORIES CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT REGISTRIES CULTURAL NORMS CUSTOMARY LAW DEDUCTIBLE DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISMISSAL DISSEMINATION DIVORCE DOMICILE EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC RIGHT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYER EMPOWERMENT ENTREPRENEUR EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN EQUAL STATUS EQUALITY EQUALITY FOR WOMEN EQUALITY OF WOMEN FAMILIES FAMILY BUSINESSES FAMILY WELFARE FEMALE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE HEAD FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FORMAL CREDIT FORMAL EQUALITY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FORMS OF GENDER GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN FEBRUARY GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES GENDER GAP GENDER INDICATORS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER LAW GENDER NEUTRAL GENDER PARITY GENDER STATISTICS GROUP OF WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HOME HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES HUSBAND IDENTITY DOCUMENTS IMMOVABLE PROPERTY INCOME GROUP INCOME TAX INCOME TAX LIABILITY INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INEQUALITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTORS INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN JUDGES LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAW LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES LACK OF PROPERTY LAND REGISTRATION LAW ON GENDER EQUALITY LAWS LAWS ON WOMEN LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL REFORM LEGAL RIGHTS LEGAL SERVICES LEGISLATION LIBERTIES LOAN LOAN AMOUNT MARITAL PROPERTY MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE LAW MARRIED COUPLE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMAN MATERNITY BENEFITS MATERNITY LEAVE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE LOANS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OVERDRAFT OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PARENTAL LEAVE PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN PATERNITY LEAVE PEACE PENSION PHYSICAL INTEGRITY POLITICAL CHANGE PREGNANT WOMEN PREJUDICE PRIVATE CREDIT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC CREDIT PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN REPAYMENT REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEN RESTRICTIONS FOR WOMEN RIGHTS FOR WOMEN SAVINGS SEX SEXUAL HARASSMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SMALL LOANS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL TABOOS SON PREFERENCE SPOUSAL VIOLENCE SPOUSE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX CREDITS TAX DEDUCTIONS TAX LEGISLATION UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS TREATY UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNMARRIED MAN UNMARRIED WOMAN WIFE WILL WOMAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP WOMEN EQUALITY WOMEN IN BUSINESS WOMEN WITH REGARD WOMEN WORKERS WORKFORCE Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional trends and shows how economies are changing across these six areas, tracking governments' actions to expand economic opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job is the surest hope for a way out of poverty. It also requires good business regulation, suited to the purpose, streamlined and accessible, so that the opportunity to build a business or have a good job is dependent not on connections, wealth or power, but on an individual's initiative and ability. The doing business report has led the way in providing data to countries about creating a sounder and more streamlined business environment. Women, Business, and the Law 2012 are the second in this series of reports. This edition retains the same basic structure of the 2010 pilot edition, while significantly expanding the depth of data covered. While the number of topics covered is the same, there has been a significant expansion of the data collected within these topics, thus addressing some of the initial shortcomings of the pilot edition. The number of economies covered has also been expanded from 128 to 141. 2017-06-28T18:11:33Z 2017-06-28T18:11:33Z 2011 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640661468168855444/Women-business-and-the-law-2012-removing-barriers-to-economic-inclusion-measuring-gender-parity-in-141-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27444 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research