Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Bosnia and Herzegovina is...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/899661521447164653/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29590 |
| Summary: | Prospects for faster, more sustainable
economic growth and higher living standards in Bosnia and
Herzegovina rely on increasing employment opportunities for
all. By maintaining the current structure of labor
participation, Bosnia and Herzegovina is not capitalizing on
its educated young population, as only 22.7 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. These 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. |
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