Women, business, and the law 2016 : getting to equal (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

Legal gender differences are widespread: 155 of the 173 economies covered have at least one law impeding women’s economic opportunities. The total number of legal gender differences across 173 economies is 943. In 100 economies, women face gender-based job restrictions. Women, business, and the law 2016 finds that lower legal gender equality is associated with fewer girls attending secondary school relative to boys, fewer women working, or running...
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Iqbal,Sarah.

Women, business, and the law 2016 : getting to equal (Vol. 1 of 2) (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/455971467992805787

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