Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
REGULATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/899661521447164653/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
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spelling okr-10986-295902021-05-25T09:13:08Z Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina World Bank Group FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER GAP GENDER EQUALITY GENDER BIAS HIRING BIAS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO LAND LABOR MARKET LABOR POLICY CHILDCARE ELDERCARE TAXATION REGULATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 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. 2018-04-02T19:11:45Z 2018-04-02T19:11:45Z 2017 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/899661521447164653/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29590 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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topic FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
REGULATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
GENDER GAP
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER BIAS
HIRING BIAS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO LAND
LABOR MARKET
LABOR POLICY
CHILDCARE
ELDERCARE
TAXATION
REGULATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
World Bank Group
Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
description 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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author World Bank Group
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title Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Women's Access to Economic Opportunities : Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort promoting women's access to economic opportunities : bosnia and herzegovina
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/899661521447164653/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Promoting-womens-access-to-economic-opportunities
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