Preventing More 'Missing Girls' : A Review of Policies to Tackle Son Preference
In parts of Asia, South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to trigger significant levels of sex selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls un...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/648421541077646986/Preventing-More-Missing-Girls-A-Review-of-Policies-to-Tackle-Son-Preference http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30656 |