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Women in the Global Economy
International Trade Centre, 2003Women make up the majority of entrepreneurs in 'marginal' economic areas such as micro enterprises and the informal economy. But these make up a large percentage of total economic activity in many poor countries. Yet women's roles as producers and consumers of goods and services and providers of employment are often invisible.DocumentQuick Notes on Gender Dimensions of Private Sector Development and Gender Entrepreneurship Markets
EdInvest, International Finance Corporation, 2004Entrepreneurial women have engaged with private markets in diverse ways. These Quick Notes outline particular issues faced by women entrepreneurs and include best practice solutions in a range of countries and regions. Success stories from China, Jordan, South Africa, India, Mexico, New Zealand and Nepal highlight diverse ways in which women have engaged in private sector markets.DocumentAccess to water: a woman’s right?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Having enough water for food production is a key issue in many countries. As water becomes scarce and food requirements increase, there will be a need to produce more food using less water, to protect the quality of water and the environment, particularly in Africa. To achieve this, it will be necessary to improve women’s access rights to water.DocumentDreams & desires: sexual and reproductive health experiences of HIV positive women
International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2004This publication from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) explores the specific sexual and reproductive health issues facing HIV positive women.DocumentSocioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: comparisons across nine developing countries
Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2000This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, generates and analyses survey data on inequalities in child mortality in Brazil, Côte D’Ivoire, Ghana, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa and Viet Nam.DocumentPrivate sector participation in water supply: too fast, too soon?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Is water privatisation being over-promoted? Is private sector participation (PSP) in its current forms likely to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to provide the poor with reliable, affordable and sustainable, safe drinking water? How do members of poor communities affected by the process judge PSP?DocumentLevelling the international ICT playing field
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Developing countries have next to no say in the evolution of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At its Genoa Summit in 2001, the G8’s Digital Opportunities Task (DOT) Force called for greater southern involvement in ICT decision- making. What are the prospects for bridging the digital divide? What principles should govern ICT relations between north and south?DocumentAccess to environmental justice: Tackling human vulnerability and environmental management
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002What is environmental justice? How can it tackle human vulnerability to environmental degradation? When is environmental justice accessible to the most vulnerable? What role does it play in environmental management?DocumentWhy should governments serve the poor?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Is government responsible for ensuring public health? Is it necessary for public entities to deliver this public good? Who else might serve the unprofitable urban poor?DocumentMethodology for pro-poor tourism case studies
Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2002This document provides the methodology for writing a case study of a pro poor tourism (PPT) initiative.Pages