PHM-Exch> World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development

Tue Jan 31 02:03:21 PST 2012

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from : EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

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*World Development Report 2012: *

*The focus of the report is Gender Equality and Development

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*The World Bank, 2012

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Website: http://bit.ly/xiQkAq <http://t.co/4NGvd7tF>

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*Overview PDF [4p.] at: http://bit.ly/zv6e4D

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“……………The lives of girls and women have changed dramatically over the past
quarter century. The pace of change has been astonishing in some areas, but
in others, progress toward gender equality has been limited—even in
developed countries.****

This year's World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development
argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own
right. It is also smart economics. Greater gender equality can enhance
productivity, improve development outcomes for the next generation, and
make institutions more representative.****

The Report also focuses on four priority areas for policy going forward:
(i) reducing excess female mortality and closing education gaps where they
remain,
(ii) improving access to economic opportunities for women
(iii) increasing women's voice and agency in the household and in society
and
(iv) limiting the reproduction of gender inequality across generations.****
*Complete Report*

World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
<http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2012/0,,contentMDK:23004468%7EpagePK:64167689%7EpiPK:64167673%7EtheSitePK:7778063,00.html>
 (19MB, pdf) I Issuu<http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821388105>

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*Main Messages (multilingual)*

English<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936245355/Main-Message-English.pdf>|
Español<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936245355/Main-Message-Spanish.pdf>|
Français<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936245355/Main-Message-French.pdf>|
عربي<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936245355/Main-Messages-Arabic.pdf>|
Русский<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936245355/Main-Message-Russian.pdf>|
Português<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936245355/Main-Message-Portuguese.pdf>|
中文<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936245355/Main-Message-Chinese.pdf>

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*Overview (multilingual)*

English<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936231894/Overview-English.pdf>|
Españo<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936231894/Overview-Spanish.pdf>l
| Français<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936231894/Overview-French.pdf>|
عربي
<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936231894/Overview-Arabic.pdf>|
Русский<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936231894/Overview-Russian.pdf>|
Português<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936231894/Overview-Portuguese.pdf>|
中文<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936231894/Overview-Chinese.pdf>

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*Introduction *A guide to the
Report<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/Introduction.pdf>
 (1.0MB, pdf)**** *Download by Chapter:*

The Report has nine chapters in three parts.****
*Part I Taking stock of gender equality*

Part 1:Taking stock of gender equality—presents the facts that will then
provide the foundation for the rest of the Report. It combines existing and
new data to document changes in key dimensions of gender equality over the
past quarter century and across regions and countries. Its main message is
that very rapid and, in some cases, unprecedented progress has been made in
some dimensions of gender equality (chapter
1<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-1.pdf>),
but that it has not reached all women or been uniform across all dimensions
of gender equality (chapter
2<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-2.pdf>
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*Download:*
Chapter 1: A Wave of
progress<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-1.pdf>
 (913KB, pdf)
Chapter 2: The persistence of gender
inequality<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-2.pdf>
 (1.2MB, pdf)
*Spread 1: Women's pathways to empowerment: Do all roads lead to
Rome?<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1316090663409/Spread-1.pdf>
* (219KB, pdf)****
*Part II What has driven progress? What impedes it?*

The contrast between the patterns and trends described in the first two
chapters of the Report prompts one to ask what explains the progress or
lack of it. Part 2—What has driven progress? What impedes it?—constitutes
the analytical core of the Report. It presents the conceptual framework and
uses it to examine the factors that have fostered change and the
constraints that have slowed progress. The analysis focuses on gender
differences in education and health (chapter
3<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-3.pdf>),
agency (chapter
4<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-4.pdf>),
and access to economic opportunities (chapter
5<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-5.pdf>)—discussing
the roles of economic growth, households, markets, and institutions in
determining outcomes in these three spheres. Part 2 concludes with a
discussion of the impact of globalization on gender inequality, paying
attention to the opportunities and challenges created by new economic and
social trends (chapter
6<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-6.pdf>).
The analysis in these four chapters leads to the identification of four
priority areas for action: reducing gender gaps in human capital
endowments, promoting higher access to economic opportunities among women,
closing gender gaps in household and societal voice, and limiting the
intergenerational reproduction of gender inequality.****

*Download:*
Chapter 3: Education and health: Where do gender differences really matter?
<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-3.pdf>(4.7MB,
pdf)
Chapter 4: Promoting women's
agency<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-4.pdf>(3.0MB,
pdf)
*Spread 2: The decline of the breadwinner: Men in the 21st
century<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1316090663409/Spread-2.pdf>
 **(175KB, pdf)*
Chapter 5: Gender differences in employment and why they
matter<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-5.pdf>(4.9MB,
pdf)
Chapter 6: Globalization's impact on gender equality: What's happened and
what's needed<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-6.pdf>
 (1.0MB, pdf)
*Spread 3: Changing ages, changing bodies, changing times—Adolescent boys
and girls<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1316090663409/Spread-3.pdf>
 **(177KB.pdf)*****
*Part III The role of and potential for public action*

Part 3—The role and potential for public action—presents policy
recommendations, examines the political economy of reforms for gender
equality, and proposes a global agenda for action. The discussion starts
with a detailed description of policy options addressing the four priority
areas, complemented with concrete illustrations of successful interventions
in different contexts (chapter
7<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-7.pdf>).
An examination of the political economy of gender reforms follows, with an
emphasis on the issues that distinguish reform in this area from other
types of redistributive or equality-enhancing reforms (chapter
8<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-8.pdf>).
Global action on gender equality should focus on complementing country
efforts on the four priority areas identified in the Report (chapter
9<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-9.pdf>
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*Download:**
*Chapter 7: Public action for gender equality
<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-7.pdf>(1.0MB,
pdf)
Chapter 8: The political economy of gender
reform<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-8.pdf>
 (1.1MB, pdf)
Chapter 9: A global agenda for greater gender
equality<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1315936222006/chapter-9.pdf>(522KB,
pdf)
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