Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment (English)

This book analyzes advances in women's economic engagement and empowerment in rural and urban Bangladesh. It concludes that despite notable improvement, women's economic choices and control remain limited. Female labor force participation rose 10 percentage points between 2003 and 2016, and the gender wage gap shrank; societal attitudes toward women's land ownership are evolving; and women's financial inclusion and entrepreneurship rates are improving...

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Solotaroff, Jennifer L.;

Kotikula,Aphichoke;

Lonnberg,Anna Tara;

Ali,Snigdha;

Pande,Rohini P.;

Jahan,Ferdous;
Document Date
2019/01/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
136461
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Bangladesh,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2019/04/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment
Keywords
Social Protection & Labor Global

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Solotaroff, Jennifer L.; Kotikula,Aphichoke; Lonnberg,Anna Tara; Ali,Snigdha; Pande,Rohini P.; Jahan,Ferdous.

Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780201556610505620

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