Preventing More "Missing Girls" : A Review of Policies to Tackle Son Preference (English)

In parts of Asia, South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to trigger significant levels of sex selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls under the age of five go “missing” because of the widespread use of sex selective practices in these regions. The pervasive use of such practices is reflective of the striking inequities girls face today...

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Kumar,Sneha;

Sinha,Nistha;
Document Date
2018/11/01
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Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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131795
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2018/11/02
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Disclosed
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Preventing More "Missing Girls" : A Review of Policies to Tackle Son Preference
Keywords
sex selection

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Kumar,Sneha; Sinha,Nistha.

Preventing More "Missing Girls" : A Review of Policies to Tackle Son Preference (English). Poverty and Equity Global Practice Working Paper Series|no. 178 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/651541541166182889

Preventing More "Missing Girls" : A Review of Policies to Tackle Son Preference (English)

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