Women and development : objectives, frameworks, and policy interventions (English)

The contribution of women to an economy is in principle no different from that of men. But in practice, the problems of valuation, measurement, and policy inference are more complex and the implications for policy may be more controversial and culturally sensitive. This paper finds that the private and social returns are high on investments to improve women's economic productivity - particularly education. Where women recieve less education than men...
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Schultz,Theodoro Paul.

Women and development : objectives, frameworks, and policy interventions (English). Policy, Planning and Research Department working papers ; no. WPS 200 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/324771468739535783

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