Social Institutions and Gender Inequality in Fragile States: Are They Relevant for the Post-MDG Debate?

Boris Branisa and Carolina Cardona

No 21, Southern Voice Occasional Paper from Southern Voice

Abstract: The paper focuses on an issue that appears particularly relevant for fragile states and which has received little attention: social institutions related to gender inequality, defined as societal practices and legal norms that frame gender roles and the distribution of power between men and women in the family, market, and social and political life. The study empirically shows that fragile states perform worse than other non-fragile developing countries when considering these social institutions. The authors suggest that a special set of indicators reflecting social institutions related to gender inequality in both fragile states and non-fragile states should be considered in the post-MDG agenda.

Keywords: Post-MDG agenda; social institution; gender equality; fragile stats; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 84 pages
Date: 2015-02
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