Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia

Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in FYR Macedonia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, FYR Macedonia is not capitalizing...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
REGULATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577451521446755963/FYR-Macedonia-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
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spelling okr-10986-295892021-05-25T09:13:07Z Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia World Bank Group GENDER GAP GENDER EQUALITY GENDER BIAS HIRING BIAS ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO LAND FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR POLICY CHILDCARE ELDERCARE TAXATION REGULATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in FYR Macedonia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, FYR Macedonia is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 39 percent of 15-64-year-old women are actively contributing to the economy through employment. Closing gender gaps in access to economic opportunities requires removing the existing barriers and disincentives to employment and entrepreneurship for women. Needed steps include: (i) improving access to assets and productive inputs, (ii) providing access to child- and eldercare, (iii) eliminating disincentives and barriers embedded in labor taxation and regulation, and (iv) increasing the employability of women through effective active labor market policies and adequate skills and training. Cross-cutting policies around social norms and discrimination, better access to information, and improved monitoring and evaluation systems are also important. 2018-04-02T19:06:46Z 2018-04-02T19:06:46Z 2017 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577451521446755963/FYR-Macedonia-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29589 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Europe and Central Asia Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of North Macedonia (Formerly the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
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topic GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
REGULATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
spellingShingle GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
REGULATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
World Bank Group
Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of
North Macedonia (Formerly the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
description Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in FYR Macedonia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, FYR Macedonia is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 39 percent of 15-64-year-old women are actively contributing to the economy through employment. Closing gender gaps in access to economic opportunities requires removing the existing barriers and disincentives to employment and entrepreneurship for women. Needed steps include: (i) improving access to assets and productive inputs, (ii) providing access to child- and eldercare, (iii) eliminating disincentives and barriers embedded in labor taxation and regulation, and (iv) increasing the employability of women through effective active labor market policies and adequate skills and training. Cross-cutting policies around social norms and discrimination, better access to information, and improved monitoring and evaluation systems are also important.
format Policy Note
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia
title_short Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia
title_full Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia
title_fullStr Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : FYR Macedonia
title_sort promoting women's access to economic opportunities : fyr macedonia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577451521446755963/FYR-Macedonia-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
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