Bridging the Gender Gap in Developing Regions

Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi

No 4306, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: According to conventional wisdom, health and education are important factors for economic and social development: they improve productivity and income distribution, and the poor gain the most. Nonetheless, in many regions of the world not all members of society receive these services equally. To a large extent, women are left out of health and education systems; as a consequence, they constitute an economically and socially disadvantaged group. This article analyzes the gender gaps within health and education in six regions of the developing world: Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; East and Southeast Asia; The Middle East and North Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In all of these regions, there is an unfinished agenda in terms of access and equity.

Keywords: enfermedades de transmisión sexual; salud materno-infantil; developing regions; gender gap; alfabetismo; tasa de deserción; mortalidad materna; asistencia escolar; cultura (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-07
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