UID:
almafu_9958096935602883
Format:
xviii, 353 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-80546-7
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9786611805463
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0-8213-7447-8
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
Content:
This volume tracks countries' progress with implementing and financing the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3) by examining national experiences and successes with policies and programs. It also contains an assessment the effectiveness of different strategies in achieving MDG3 and the financial requirement needed in order to attain MDG3 by 2015.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Foreword; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction, Overview, and Future Policy Agenda; Figure 1.1 Women's Earnings, Children's Well-Being, and Aggregate Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth: The Pathways; Figure 1.2 Progress in Official Indicators of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, by Region, 1990-2005; Box 1.1 Legal Reforms to Promote Gender Equality; Table 1.1 Projected Average Annual per Capita Financial Requirements to Achieve Gender Equality, 2006-15
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Table 1.2 Planned per Capita MDG Expenditures for Gender Interventions Versus Actual Reported National Budget Allocations Disaggregated by Gender, FY2006Table 1.3 Donor Disbursements for Gender-Specific and Gender-Mainstreaming Interventions: Percentage of Total Gross Disbursements and per Capita Amounts; Box 1.2 Sources of ODA to Promote Gender Equality; 2 The State of World Progress, 1990-2007; Table 2.1 Official MDG3 Indicators and Recommended Additional Indicators; Figure 2.1 Population-Weighted Girls' Enrollment Rates and Girls'-to-Boys' Enrollment Ratios by Region, 1990 and 2006
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Figure 2.2 Population-Weighted Ratio of Literate Females to Males among 15- to 24-Year-Olds by Region, 1990 and 2006Figure 2.3 Populated-Weighted Rates of Primary School Completion for Girls by Region, 1990 and 2006; Figure 2.4 Country Rank in Primary Enrollment Ratio against Country Rank in Primary Completion Ratio; Figure 2.5 Girls'-to-Boys' Primary Completion Ratio Versus Primary Enrollment, 2006 or Most Recent Year; Figure 2.6 School-to-Work Transition, 1995-2004; Figure 2.7 Under-Five Mortality Rate for Boys and Girls, 2000-05
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Figure 2.8 Percentage of 15- to 19-Year-Old Girls Who Are Mothers or Pregnant, 1990-2000 and 2001-06Figure 2.9 Percentage of Contraceptive Use by Region and Type of Contraceptive; Box 2.1 Fragile States and MDG3; Figure 2.10 Population-Weighted Share of Women in Nonagricultural Wage Employment by Region, 1990 and 2006; Figure 2.11 Population-Weighted Female Labor Force Participation by Region for Ages 20-24 and 25-49, 1991 and 2007; Figure 2.12 Population-Weighted Female Labor Force Participation Rates for Age Group 25-49 by Country, 1991 and 2007
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Figure 2.13 Population-Weighted Ratio of Female-to-Male Hourly Wages by Region and Sector, 2006Figure 2.14 Female-to-Male Hourly Wage Ratios in Latin America and the Caribbean over Time and by Sector, 1991 and 2006; Figure 2.15 Population-Weighted Share of Women in Nonagricultural Wage Employment Versus Female Labor Force Participation; Figure 2.16 Share of Women in Nonagricultural Wage Employment Versus Ratio of Female to Male Hourly Earnings in Secondary and Tertiary Sectors; Figure 2.17 Population-Weighted Percentage of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments, 1990 and 2006
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Figure 2.18 Comparison of Relative Country Performance on Official MDG3 Indicators with Selected New Indicators
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7446-X
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7446-7
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