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

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, an...

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Main Authors: Solotaroff, Jennifer L., Kotikula, Aphichoke, Lonnberg, Tara, Ali, Snigdha, Pande, Rohini P., Jahan, Ferdous
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2018
Subjects:
CHILD MARRIAGE
ASSETS
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL NORMS
MIGRATION
ETHNIC MINORITY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
DISCRIMINATION
GENDER WAGE GAP
EMPOWERMENT
EMPLOYMENT
GENDER GAP
WAGES
ASSET OWNERSHIP
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780201556610505620/Voices-to-Choices-Bangladeshs-Journey-in-Womens-Economic-Empowerment
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780201556610505620/Voices-to-Choices-Bangladeshs-Journey-in-Womens-Economic-Empowerment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30881

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