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75 publications found, searching for 'Gender '

• Working Paper No. 570 July 23, 2009

  From Unpaid to Paid Care Work

  Rania Antonopoulos, and Taun Toay
  Abstract

  This paper considers public employment guarantee programs in the context of South Africa as a means to address the nexus of poverty, unemployment, and unpaid work burdens—all factors exacerbated by HIV/AIDS. It further discusses the need for genderinformed public job creation in areas that mitigate the “time-tax” burdens of women, and examines a South African […]

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• Working Paper No. 562 May 08, 2009

  The Current Economic and Financial Crisis

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Widespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and other development goals in the past. In the midst of the current global crisis—often referred to as “the Great Recession”—there is grave concern that progress made in poverty reduction and women’s equality will be reversed. Indeed, for many developing […]

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• Working Paper No. 550 November 20, 2008

  An Empirical Analysis of Gender Bias in Education Spending in Paraguay

  Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Gender affects household spending in two areas that have been widely studied in the literature. One strand documents that greater female bargaining power within households results in a variety of shifts in household production and consumption. An important source of intrahousehold bargaining power is ownership of assets, especially land. Another strand examines gender bias in […]

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